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| Green pufferfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Dichotomyctere |
| Species: | D. fluviatilis
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| Dichotomyctere fluviatilis (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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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.
- ^ Shao, K.; Liu, M.; Jing, L.; Hardy, G.; Leis, J.L.; Matsuura, K. (2014). "Tetraodon fluviatilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T193750A2271459. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193750A2271459.en. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Kottelat, M. (2013). The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dichotomyctere fluviatilis". FishBase. February 2017 version.
- ^ "Ceylon Pufferfish - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 4 April 2022.