Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia
Appearance
Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 | |
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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia". FishBase. February 2017 version.