| Dichotomyctere sabahensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Dichotomyctere |
| Species: | D. sabahensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichotomyctere sabahensis (Dekkers, 1975) | |
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Tetraodon sabahensis | |
Dichotomyctere sabahensis is a species of pufferfish endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo. This species grows to a standard length of 10.8 cm (4.3 in).
It is also called the giant spotted puffer or the Saba puffer. The juvenile looks much like the spotted green pufferfish (D. nigroviridis), and both can live 15 years in an aquarium. Though the giant green spotted puffer seems to prefer a much lower salinity as an adult. It is safe to keep D. sabahensis at a salinity of 1.004 or half-brackish.
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 sabahensis". FishBase. February 2017 version.
- The Puffers of Fresh and Brackish Waters, 2001 Dr. Klaus Ebert, Aqualog Verlag GmbH.
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| Tetraodon sabahensis | |
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