Overview
Family : Puffers ; Adults inhabit freshwater streams , rivers and floodplains . Feed on mollusks, crustaceans, and other invertebrates , as well as some plant matter. May eat scales and fins [1]. Seen in the aquarium trade but known to be aggressive with its tankmates [1]. Aquarium keeping: needs salt; minimum aquarium size 60 cm; not recommended for home aquariums[2].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Burmesisk Kuglefisk
Common Names in English:
Burmese Pufferfish, Green Puffer Fish, Spotted Green Pufferfish
Common Names in Finnish:
Pantteripallokala
Common Names in German:
Gr, Grüner Kugelfisch
Common Names in Khmer:
Trey Kampot
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
墨綠凹鼻魨, 墨绿凹鼻鲀
Common Names in Thai:
Pakpaokhiaochut, ปักเป้าเขียวจุด
Description
Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
()
- Family:
abit freshwater streams, rivers and floodplains.
()
- Subfamily:
Tetraodontinae
()
- Genus:
Tetraodon
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
nigroviridis
- Marion de Proc, 1822
- Scientific name: - Tetraodon nigroviridis Marion de Proc, 1822
- Specific name:
nigroviridis
- Marion de Proc, 1822
- Genus:
Tetraodon
(
- Subfamily:
Tetraodontinae
(
- Family:
abit freshwater streams, rivers and floodplains.
(
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Arothron simulans (Cantor • Chelonodon nigroviridis< /i> (Marion De Proc • Tetraodon fluviatilis Hamilton • Tetraodon nigroviridis Marion de Proc • Tetraodon potamophilus Bleeker • Tetraodon simulans Cantor • Tetrodon nigroviridis Marion de Proc • Tetrodon simulans Cantor
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 12-Aug-1998
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tetraodon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 37 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. armilla (Ringed Pufferfish) · T. aspilos (Crowned Pufferfish) · T. baileyi (Ragged Puffer) · T. biocellatus (Figure-Eight Puffer) · T. cutcutia (Ocellated Blowfish) · T. diadematus (Masked Puffer) · T. erythrotaenia (Red-Striped Toadfish) · T. fahaka (Fahak) · T. fahaka fahaka (Fahak) · T. firmamentum (Starry Toadfish) · T. fluviatilis (Common Puffer) · T. hispidus (Stars-And-Stripes Pufferfish) · T. hypselogeneion (Orange-Spotted Toadfish) · T. immaculatus (Immaculate Pufferfish) · T. inermis (Smooth-Backed Blowfish) · T. lagocephalus (Oceanic Blaasop) · T. leopardus (Banded Leopard Blowfish) · T. lineatus (Freshwater Puffer Fish) · T. lineatus lineatus (Coral Butterfly) · T. mappa (Scribbled Pufferfish) · T. mbu (Fresh Water Puffer Fish (FB)) · T. mola (Mola Ocean Sunfish) · T. nigropunctatus (Brown Puffer) · T. nigroviridis (Burmese Pufferfish) · T. pardalis (Panther Puffer) · T. patoca (Milk-Spotted Pufferfish) · T. poecilonotus (Finepatterned Puffer) · T. porphyreus (Purple Puffer) · T. pustulatus (Puffer Fish) · T. reticulatus (Reticulated Blowfish) · T. rivulatus (Tail-Barred Pufferfish) · T. rubripes (Japanese Pufferfish) · T. suvattii (Malabar Pufferfish) · T. testudineus (Checkered Puffer) · T. trichocephalus (Pygmy Puffer) · T. truncatus (Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer) · T. vermicularis (Mediterranean Shortbill Spearfish)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Spixiana. 12 1989 Mnchen: Zoologische Staatssammlung Mnchen, 1977- url book reviews , book reviews , p. 232, p. 274.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Matsuura, Keiichi (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-32518
- Fishbase Species ID: 7763
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14698720
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 646446
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 126423
Footnotes
- Rainboth, W.J. (1996). Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. [back]
- "Allium tribracteatum". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 232, 268, 269. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
