Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 27; Anal soft rays: 19 - 22. Light greenish to golden in color (Ref. 43281).

Common Names

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Greenbottle pufferfish , English , Global

Smaragdipallokala , Finnish , Finland

Trey kampot , Khmer , Cambodia

Trey krepot , Khmer , Cambodia

Buntal lemas , Malay , Indonesia

Buntal mas , Malay , Indonesia

印尼鬥鼻魨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

印度尼西亚斗鼻鲀 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Tetraodontidae

Genus: Auriglobus

Species: Auriglobus nefastus (Roberts, 1982)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Asia: Mekong basin (Ref. 12693) to Indonesia (Ref. 7050).

Biology

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Occurs in flowing waters of rivers and streams. May also be found in flooded forests and plains during the river's high water levels. Feeds on fish scales and fins. Seen in markets as part of mixed catches.

Habitat

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demersal