Biology:Leiodon
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Leiodon Swainson, 1839 |
| Species: | L. cutcutia
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| Leiodon cutcutia (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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Leiodon cutcutia,[1] the ocellated pufferfish, is a species of pufferfish native to southern Asia from India to the Malay Archipelago where it is found in various bodies of fresh and brackish waters.[2] This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL.[2] It is currently the only known member of its genus, but it was included in Tetraodon until 2013.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Leiodon cutcutia" in FishBase. February 2017 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2408479 entry
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