Carinotetraodon
Carinotetraodon is a genus of small freshwater pufferfish found in South and Southeast Asia. Several species have commercial importance as aquarium fish.
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| Malabar pufferfish (C. travancoricus) | |
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| Genus: | Carinotetraodon Benl, 1957 |
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Species
There are 6 recognized species in the genus:[1]
- Carinotetraodon borneensis (Regan, 1903)
- Carinotetraodon imitator Britz & Kottelat, 1999 (dwarf Malabar pufferfish)
- Carinotetraodon irrubesco H. H. Tan, 1999 (red-tail dwarf puffer)
- Carinotetraodon lorteti (Tirant, 1885) (redeye puffer)
- Carinotetraodon salivator K. K. P. Lim & Kottelat, 1995
- Carinotetraodon travancoricus (Hora & K. K. Nair, 1941) (Malabar pufferfish, dwarf pufferfish)
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References
- Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Carinotetraodon. FishBase. 2011.
Further reading
- Ebert, K. Aqualog: The Puffers of Fresh and Brackish Waters. ISBN 3-931702-60-X
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