''Dichotomyctere'' is a

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of relatively small

pufferfish Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfis ...

found in both fresh and

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waters in

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and

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. Its species were generally included in the genus ''

Tetraodon ''Tetraodon'' is a genus in the pufferfish family (Tetraodontidae) found in freshwater in Africa. It is the type genus of the family and historically included numerous other species; several Asian species were only moved to the genera ''Dichotomy ...

'' until 2013. 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.''Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan (18 February 2017).
Catalog of Fishes.
' Retrieved 18 February 2017. The largest species of ''Dichotomyctere'' reach up to in length.

Species

There are currently 6 species in the genus: * ''

Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia ''Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia'', or the red-striped toadfish, is a species of pufferfish native to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea where it is found most often in brackish water Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring ...

'' — Red-striped toadfish * ''

Dichotomyctere fluviatilis The green pufferfish or Ceylon pufferfish (''Dichotomyctere fluviatilis'', syn. ''Tetraodon fluviatilis'') is a species of pufferfish found in South and Southeast Asia. Its habitat include rivers, estuaries, lakes and flood plains. It lives ...

'' — Green pufferfish * ''

Dichotomyctere kretamensis ''Dichotomyctere kretamensis'' is a species of freshwater pufferfish known only from northern Borneo. Discovery The type specimen of this species was deposited at the Field Museum (Specimen No.51558). It was collected on May 10, 1950 by Rob ...

'' * ''

Dichotomyctere nigroviridis ''Dichotomyctere nigroviridis'' ( syn. ''Tetraodon nigroviridis'') is one of the pufferfish known as the green spotted puffer. It is found across South and Southeast Asia in coastal freshwater,but survives the longest in brackish to saltwater ...

'' — Spotted green pufferfish * ''

Dichotomyctere ocellatus ''Dichotomyctere ocellatus'' ( syn. ''Tetraodon biocellatus''), commonly the figure 8 puffer or eyespot puffer, is a pufferfish found in freshwater in Southeast Asia. It is known from the lower reaches of the Mekong (Cambodia), the Peninsular ...

'' — Eyespot pufferfish * ''

Dichotomyctere sabahensis ''Dichotomyctere sabahensis'' is a species of pufferfish endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo. This species grows to a standard length of . It is also called the giant spotted puffer or the Saba puffer.''The Puffers of Fresh and Br ...

References

Tetraodontidae Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril {{tetraodontiformes-stub