Carinotetraodon imitator

Carinotetraodon imitator

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Tetraodontiformes Subordo: Tetraodontoidei

Familia: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Carinotetraodon
Species: Carinotetraodon imitator

Name

• Carinotetraodon imitator Britz & Kottelat, 1999

Holotype: ZRC 42593. Paratypes: AMNH 211073 (2), 211074 (2, 1 c&s); CMK 14810 (1); NRM 42003 (2); ZRC 42594 (1).

Type locality: India, Cochin District, Kerala, Small rivers; (aquarium specimen).

References

• Britz, R., Anvar, A., Siby, P., Krishna, K. & Rajeev, R.; 2012: First record from the wild of Carinotetraodon imitator in Peninsular India (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (2): 105–109.
• Britz, R. & Kottelat, M.; 1999: Carinotetraodon imitator, a new freshwater pufferfish from India (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes). Journal of South Asian Natural History, 4 (1): 39–47.
• Carinotetraodon imitator in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.