Green spotted puffer

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iGreen spotted pufferfish

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Tetraodon
Species: nigrovirdis
Binomial name
Tetraodon nigrovirdis
Marion de Procé, 1822

The green spotted puffer, Tetraodon nigroviridis, is a tropical fish found in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand [1]. These fish can grow up to 6in (15cm). As their name implies, these fish are green with black spots. Other names include GSP and spotted green puffer.

They are omnivores. Primary foods are small snails and mollusks. Live and meaty foods are preferred by these fish, however they will eat algae and other vegetation. Constantly growing teeth require that the puffer eat crunchy food to wear them down.

This fish is a brackish water fish but survives better in a full marine environment once it reaches adulthood. It is tropical, prefering water temperatures of 24 – 28°C [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Tropical Tank - Green Spotted Puffer
  2. ^ Fishbase - Spotted Green Pufferfish


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