| Colomesus asellus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Colomesus |
| Species: | C. asellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Colomesus asellus (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1849)
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Colomesus asellus, the Amazon puffer, asellus puffer,[1] South American freshwater puffer,[2] Peruvian puffer,[3] or Brazilian puffer[4] is a species of pufferfish confined to the Amazon, Essequibo and Orinoco basins in tropical South America.[5] It is a popular aquarium species.[6]
It has typically been recognized as the only true freshwater pufferfish of South America, but a study in 2013 recommended that the population in the Tocantins River basin (quite similar to C. asellus in appearance, but differs in genetics) should be considered as a separate species, C. tocantinensis.[7] This is followed by Catalog of Fishes,[8] but not FishBase.[9]
- ^ Ebert, Klaus (2001). The Puffers of Fresh and Brackish Water. Aqualog. ISBN 3-931702-60-X.
- ^ Monks, N., ed. (2006). Brackish Water Fishes. TFH. ISBN 0-7938-0564-3.
- ^ Ralph, Chris (2003). Pufferfish. Ringpress Books. ISBN 1-86054-233-6.
- ^ "Colomesus asellus – Amazon Puffer (Cheilichthys asellus, Chelichthys asellus)". Seriously Fish. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
FishBaseaselluswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Colomesus asellus". Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
- ^ Amaral, C.R.L.; P.M. Brito; D.A. Silva; and E.F. Carvalho (2013). A new cryptic species of South American freshwater pufferfish of the genus Colomesus (Tetraodontidae), based on both morphology and DNA data. PLoS ONE 8(9): e74397.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Colomesus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Colomesus". FishBase. December 2018 version.