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:

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

  1. Monks N. (editor): Brackish Water Fishes, TFH 2006, ISBN 0-7938-0564-3
  2. Ebert Klaus: The Puffers of Fresh and Brackish Water, Aqualog 2005, ISBN 3-931702-60-X
  3. "Tetraodon nigroviridis: A phylogenetic study". Retrieved 2009-07-29.



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