Biology:Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia
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Short description: Species of fish
| Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia | |
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| File:Tetrodon erythrotaenia - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ15500109.tif | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Dichotomyctere |
| Species: | D. erythrotaenia
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia Bleeker, 1853
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| Synonyms | |
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Tetraodon erythrotaenia[1] | |
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 environments. This species grows to a length of 8.5 centimetres (3.3 in) TL.[2]
References
- ↑ 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia" in FishBase. February 2017 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q935667 entry
