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Green pufferfish | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Tetraodontidae |
Genus: | Dichotomyctere |
Species: | D. fluviatilis
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Binomial name | |
Dichotomyctere fluviatilis (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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Synonyms | |
Tetraodon fluviatilis[2] |
The green pufferfish or Ceylon pufferfish (Dichotomyctere fluviatilis, syn. Tetraodon fluviatilis) is a species of pufferfish found in South and Southeast Asia.[3][4] Its habitat includes rivers, estuaries, lakes and flood plains. It lives in fresh to slightly brackish water.