Taxonavigation

Familia: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Dichotomyctere
Species: Dichotomyctere fluviatilis

Name

Dichotomyctere fluviatilis (Hamilton, 1822)

• Neotype: BMNH 1934.10.17.139.
  • Neotype designated by Dekkers, 1975

Type locality: India, Ganges River at Allahabad [original type locality: freshwater rivers of the lower parts of Bengal].

References

• Dekkers, W.J. 1975. Review of the Asiatic freshwater puffers of the genus Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces, Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 45(1): 87–142. Reference page. 
• Hamilton, F. 1822. An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Archibald Constable & Co., Hurst, Robinson & Co. Pp. i–vii + 1–405, Pls. 1–39. BHL Reference page. 
• Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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