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title: "Hawaiian Spotted Toby"
description: "Canthigaster jactator — Vissen. Canthigaster jactator, the Hawaiian whitespotted toby, is a member of the pufferfish family that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/hawaiian-spotted-toby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hawaiian Spotted Toby

> Canthigaster jactator — Vissen. Canthigaster jactator, the Hawaiian whitespotted toby, is a member of the pufferfish family that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

- Scientific name: *Canthigaster jactator*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2020
- Wikidata: [Q1974563](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1974563)
- iNaturalist taxon: [123147](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123147)

## Names

- en: Hawaiian Spotted Toby
- de: Hawaii-Spitzkopfkugelfisch
- es: Tamborín punteado Hawaiano

## Countries with the most observations

US (1931), UM (28)

## Summary

Canthigaster jactator, the Hawaiian whitespotted toby, is a member of the pufferfish family that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a length of 9 cm (3.5 in).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canthigaster_jactator

## Photo

![Hawaiian Spotted Toby](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hawaiian-spotted-toby/medium.jpg)

Photo: Thompson Hyggen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/341188839

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hawaiian-spotted-toby?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).