Dichotomyctere nigroviridis

Dichotomyctere nigroviridis adult

Dichotomyctere nigroviridis juvenile

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Tetraodontiformes Subordo: Tetraodontoidei

Familia: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Dichotomyctere
Species: Dichotomyctere nigroviridis

Name

Dichotomyctere nigroviridis (Marion de Procé, 1822)

Neotype: ZMA 113.020. (designated by Dekkers, 1975)

Type locality: Indonesia, Sumatra, Deli [Medan] [original type locality: Indonesia, Sumatra,: northeastern coast].

Synonyms

• Chelonodon nigroviridis (Marion de Procé, 1822)
• Tetrodon nigroviridis Marion de Procé, 1822: 130 (original combination)
  • Tetraodon nigroviridis Marion de Procé, 1822
• Tetraödon potamophilus Bleeker, 1849
  • Tetraodon potamophilus Bleeker, 1849
• Arothron simulans (Cantor, 1849)
• Tetrodon simulans Cantor, 1849
  • Tetraodon simulans Cantor, 1849
• Tetraodon melanochloris Roberts, 1993

References

• Dekkers, W.J. 1975. Review of the Asiatic freshwater puffers of the genus Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces, Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 45(1): 87–142. Reference page. 
• Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page. 
• Marion de Procé, P.-M. 1822. Sur plusieurs espèces de poissons et de crustacés observées par M. Marion de Procé, D. M. P., membre correspondant de la Société Philomathique. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomathique de Paris 1822: 129–134. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Dichotomyctere nigroviridis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Dichotomyctere nigroviridis in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

English: Spotted puffer
日本語: みどりふぐ
ไทย: ปลาปักเป้าเขียวจุด, ปลาปักเป้าจุด, ปลาปักเป้าจุดดำ

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