Dichotomyctere
Sign in to saveDichotomyctere is a genus of relatively small pufferfish found in both fresh and brackish waters in south and southeast Asia. Its species were generally included in the genus Tetraodon until 2013. The largest species of Dichotomyctere reach up to in length.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderTetraodontiformes
- FamilyTetraodontidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Collections
- FMNH
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Singapore, India
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Dichotomyctere is a genus of relatively small pufferfish found in both fresh and brackish waters in south and southeast Asia. Its species were generally included in the genus Tetraodon until 2013. The largest species of Dichotomyctere reach up to in length.
==Species== There are currently 6 species in the genus: Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia — Red-striped toadfish Dichotomyctere fluviatilis — Green pufferfish Dichotomyctere kretamensis Dichotomyctere nigroviridis — Spotted green pufferfish Dichotomyctere ocellatus — Eyespot pufferfish Dichotomyctere sabahensis — Giant spotted pufferfish
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dichotomyctere” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.