Green spotted puffer
A green spotted puffer may be one of several different species of Asian fresh or brackish water pufferfish in the genus Dichotomyctere (formerly Tetraodon), including:
- Dichotomyctere fluviatilis, sometimes called the green, Ceylon, or topaz pufferfish[1]
- Dichotomyctere nigroviridis[1]
- Dichotomyctere sabahensis, sometimes called the Sabahensis puffer[2]
Distinguishing these species is difficult,[1] in part because each species is highly variable in colouration.[2] Scientists working on these pufferfish as genomic lab animals consider it impossible to identify these species 100% reliably using colouration alone,[3] and tropical fish retailers commonly confuse them.[3]
References
- Monks N. (editor): Brackish Water Fishes, TFH 2006, ISBN 0-7938-0564-3
- Ebert Klaus: The Puffers of Fresh and Brackish Water, Aqualog 2005, ISBN 3-931702-60-X
- "Tetraodon nigroviridis: A phylogenetic study". Retrieved 2009-07-29.
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