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Country · North & Central America

Dominican Republic

Every profile recorded in Dominican Republic, native or introduced.

Species
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Families
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Genera
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Found only here
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Where it isNorth & Central America

Shares its fishes withspecies recorded in both

Specimen from coastal Brazil.

Colomesus psittacusBanded Puffer

Tetraodontidae · Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Max length
290mm SL11in SL
Tank
180 × 60cm72 × 24in
Temp
20–26°C68–79°F
pH
7.0–9.0

Although it does penetrate the lower basins of rivers, particularly the Amazon where it has been collected from the rio Xingu several hundred kilometres from its mouth, this species is predominantly an inhabitant of mangrove swamps, estuaries, and other such saline habitats. It is particularly common in tidal channels, shallow inshore lagoons, and the lower reaches of rivers.

Moderate