Carinotetraodon

Carinotetraodon
Malabar pufferfish (C. travancoricus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Tetraodontidae
Subfamily:
Genus:	Carinotetraodon , 1957
Species
6, see text.

Carinotetraodon is a genus of small freshwater pufferfish found in South and Southeast Asia. Several species have commercial importance as aquarium fish.

Species[]

There are 6 recognized species in the genus:^[1]

• Carinotetraodon borneensis (Regan, 1903)
• Carinotetraodon imitator & Kottelat, 1999 (dwarf Malabar pufferfish)
• Carinotetraodon irrubesco H. H. Tan, 1999 (red-tail dwarf puffer)
• Carinotetraodon lorteti (Tirant, 1885) (redeye puffer)
• Carinotetraodon salivator & Kottelat, 1995
• Carinotetraodon travancoricus (Hora & K. K. Nair, 1941) (Malabar pufferfish, dwarf pufferfish)

References[]

Further reading[]

• Ebert, K. Aqualog: The Puffers of Fresh and Brackish Waters. ISBN 3-931702-60-X