Carinotetraodon imitator
| Carinotetraodon imitator | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Carinotetraodon |
| Species: | C. imitator |
| Binomial name | |
| Carinotetraodon imitator Britz & Kottelat, 1999 | |
Carinotetraodon imitator,[2] commonly known as dwarf Malabar puffer, is a species of pufferfish found in rivers in the Western Ghats of India. It resembles the closely related C. travancoricus.[1] It can be distinguished from its congener as the males have brighter yellow coloration than males of C.travancoricus as well as lacking the iridescent blue lines behind the eye. Females are less brightly colored and possess a fine speckling of black spots in place of the larger black blotches of C.travancoricus. [3]
References
- 1 2 Ali, A., Raghavan, R. & Britz, R. (2010). "Carinotetraodon imitator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Carinotetraodon imitator" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
- ↑ {{Raghavan, Rajeev, Ralf Britz, Krishna Kumar, Siby Philip, and Anvar Ali. "Irst Record from the Wild of Carinotetraodon Imitatorin Peninsular India (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae)." Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 23.3 (2012): 105-09. ResearchGate.net. Web. 11 Apr. 2016.}}
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