Carinotetraodon is a polyphyletic genus of small freshwater pufferfish found in South and Southeast Asia.[1] Several species have commercial importance as aquarium fish.

Carinotetraodon
Juvenile dwarf pufferfish (C. travancoricus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Subfamily: Tetraodontinae
Genus: Carinotetraodon
Benl, 1957
Species

6, see text.

Species

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There are 6 recognized species in the genus:[2][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sathyajith, C.; Yamanoue, Y.; Yokobori, S.; Thampy, S.; Vattiringal Jayadradhan, R.K. (December 2019). "Mitogenome analysis of dwarf pufferfish (Carinotetraodon travancoricus) endemic to southwest India and its implications in the phylogeny of Tetraodontidae". Journal of Genetics. 98 (5): 98–105. doi:10.1007/s12041-019-1151-9.
  2. ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Carinotetraodon. FishBase. 2011.

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