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red-tail dwarf puffer (Carinotetraodon irrubesco)
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red-tail dwarf puffer (Carinotetraodon irrubesco) specimen
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Tetraodontidae

red-tail dwarf puffer

Carinotetraodon irrubesco

Endemic Pufferfish of Asian Waters

  • Red
  • Tropical
  • Lower river
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Asia (unspecified)
  • Deep-bodied
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

red-tail dwarf puffer is known around Asia as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 4.4 cm.

Maximum length
4.4 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Asia: currently known only from the lower parts of the Banjuasin basin in Sumatra Selatan; and the Sambas river in Kalimantan Barat.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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