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Mystacoleucus greenwayi
Pellegrin & Fang, 1940
Max length100mm SL3.9in SLTank120 × 45cm48 × 18inTemp20–27°C68–81°FpH6.0–7.5Predominantly a riverine fish favouring clear, well-oxygenated, running water with substrates of sand or gravel and often present in rock and boulder-filled headwater streams. In the Mun River, close to the Pak Mun dam, Thailand, sympatric species included Hampala dispar, Cyclocheilichthys apogon, Osteochilus hasseltii,...
Tetraodon fluviatilisGreen Puffer
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Max length170mm SL7in SLTank120 × 30cm48 × 12inTemp24–28°C75–82°FpH7.8–9.0Puffer fish are so called as they have the ability to inflate their elastic stomachs with water or air. This is usually a response to some kind of threat, although in the aquarium many specimens appear to inflate themselves for no apparent reason. The fish becomes 2 or 3 times its normal size, big enough to scare away many potential predators, or difficult to swallow. Puffers also have several other interesting adaptations. They are one of the few fish that can actually blink or close their ...
Tetraodon nigroviridisGreen Spotted Puffer
authority not recorded
Max length170mm SL7in SLTank120 × 30cm48 × 12inTemp24–28°C75–82°FpH7.5–8.5Puffer fish are so called as they have the ability to inflate their elastic stomachs with water or air. This is usually a response to some kind of threat, although in the aquarium many specimens appear to inflate themselves for no apparent reason. The fish becomes 2 or 3 times it's normal size, which makes the fish both big enough to scare away many potential predators, and difficult to swallow. Many parts of the body of puffers contain the deadly neurotoxin tetrodoxin. This is the same ...