@Neogi, A.K. (fishbase.se)
Bengal Reticulated Puffer Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Chelonodontops bengalensis
Family : Chelonodon
Order : Tetraodontiformes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chrodata
Habitat : Coastal water
Description : Bengal Reticulated Puffer are wide with a brown upperbody and silvery white lower one. The upperhalf has numerous white spots covering it. Tail is fan shaped and deep brown in color.
Other Species from Group
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Chelonodon patoca
(Milkspotted puffer) -
Dichotomyctere fluviatilis
(Green pufferfish) -
Arothron immaculatus
(Immaculate Puffer) -
Arothron stellatus
(Starry Puffer Fish) -
Lagocephalus guentheri
(Diamondback puffer) -
Arothron reticularis
(Reticulated Puffer Fish) -
Arothron leopardus
(Banded Leopard Blowfish) -
Takifugu oblongus
(Lattice Blaasop)
References:
description written by: Seam Ferdous Emon, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: Habib, K. A., Neogi, A. K., Oh, J., Lee, Y. H., & Kim, C. G. (2019). Chelonodontops bengalensis (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae): a new species of puffer fish from the northern Bay of Bengal based on morphology and DNA Barcode. Ocean Science Journal.
description written by: Seam Ferdous Emon, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: Habib, K. A., Neogi, A. K., Oh, J., Lee, Y. H., & Kim, C. G. (2019). Chelonodontops bengalensis (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae): a new species of puffer fish from the northern Bay of Bengal based on morphology and DNA Barcode. Ocean Science Journal.