Carinotetraodon imitator
Carinotetraodon imitator,[2] commonly known as dwarf Malabar puffer, is a species of pufferfish found in rivers in the Western Ghats of India.[1] It resembles the closely related C. travancoricus.[1] It can be distinguished from its congener as the males have brighter yellow coloration than males of C. travancoricus as well as lacking the iridescent blue lines behind the eye. Females are less brightly colored and possess a fine speckling of black spots in place of the larger black blotches of C. travancoricus.[3]
| Carinotetraodon imitator | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Carinotetraodon |
| Species: | C. imitator |
| Binomial name | |
| Carinotetraodon imitator Britz & Kottelat, 1999 | |
References
- Ali, A.; Raghavan, R. & Britz, R. (2011). "Carinotetraodon imitator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172467A6898031. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172467A6898031.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Carinotetraodon imitator" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
- Britz, Ralf; Ali, Anvar; Philip, Siby; Kumar, Krishna; Raghavan, Rajeev (2012). "First record from the wild of Carinotetraodon imitator in Peninsular India (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 23 (2): 105–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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