Tetraodon palustris, a new freshwater pufferfish (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Mekong Basin of Thailand
Saenjundaeng, P.; Vidthayanon, C.; Grudpun, C.
Zootaxa 3686: 77-84
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 1175-5326 PMID: 26473207 Document Number: 670614
Tetraodon palustris, new species, is described from the Mekong basin of Thailand. Tetraodon palustris differs from T cochinchinensis and T. fangi in having no ocellus on the flank and spinules dorsally from the interorbital region to the end of the dorsal-fin base. T. etraodon cochinchinensis is distinguished from T. fangi by having a longer snout (43.5-49.2% HL in T. cochinchinensis vs. 37.9-41.1% HL in T. fangi) and is covered with spinules dorsally from the front of the nasal organs to the end of the dorsal-fin base (vs. from the front of the eyes to the end of the dorsal-fin base in T. fangi).