Everything about Tetraodon Nigroviridis totally explained
Tetraodon nigroviridis is one of the
pufferfish known as the
green spotted puffer (the other being
Tetraodon fluviatilis). It is found across
South and
Southeast Asia in coastal
freshwater and
brackish water habitats.
Tetraodon nigroviridis reaches a maximum length of about 15 cm (5.9 in).
Ecology
Adult
Tetraodon nigroviridis are found in freshwater streams, rivers, and floodplains. It is also found in
mangrove forests. Diet consists of small invertebrates including molluscs and crustaceans and some plant material. It can also survive on a combination of aquarium food; such a combination would be small snails, and shrimp or krill. This species may also be
lepidophagous.
Commercial importance
Tetraodon nigroviridis isn't a food fish, but has some value as
bait and is very widely traded as an
aquarium fish, and is sometimes mistaken as the Ceylon Puffer, or
Tetraodon fluviatilis.
Tetraodon nigroviridis also has some degree of value as a lab animal, in particular in the field of genetics, because it has the same number of
genes as human beings but in a genome about one-tenth the size.
Aquarium care
While
Tetraodon nigroviridis may be found in fresh as well as brackish water in the wild, Adults of this species may also be kept in
saltwater aquaria. Since these fish produce a large amount of waste they're best given 29 gallons of water or more per specimen.
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