Dichotomyctere sabahensis
| Dichotomyctere sabahensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Dichotomyctere |
| Species: | D. sabahensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichotomyctere sabahensis (Dekkers, 1975)
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| Synonyms | |
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Tetraodon sabahensis[1] | |
Dichotomyctere sabahensis is a species of pufferfish endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo.[1] This species grows to a standard length of 10.8 cm (4.3 in).[2]
It is also called the giant spotted puffer or the Saba puffer.[3] The juvenile looks much like the spotted green pufferfish (D. nigroviridis), and both can live 15 years in an aquarium. Though the giant green spotted puffer seems to prefer a much lower salinity as an adult. It is safe to keep D. sabahensis at a salinity of 1.004 or half-brackish.
References
- ^ a b 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 sabahensis". FishBase. February 2017 version.
- ^ The Puffers of Fresh and Brackish Waters, 2001 Dr. Klaus Ebert, Aqualog Verlag GmbH.