Tetraodon_cutcutia

<i>Leiodon</i>

Leiodon

Species of fish

For the mosasaur, see Liodon.

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    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. Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Leiodon cutcutia" in FishBase. February 2017 version.


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