Dichotomyctere

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Dichotomyctere'' | image = Figure8pufferfish.jpg | image_caption = Eyespot pufferfish, ''Dichotomyctere ocellatus'' | taxon = Dichotomyctere | authority = Duméril, 1855 | type_species = ''Tetraodon fluviatilis'' | type_species_authority = F. Hamilton, 1822 }}

'''''Dichotomyctere''''' is a genus of relatively small pufferfish found in both fresh and brackish waters in south and southeast Asia.<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Dichotomyctere | month = February| year = 2017}}</ref> Its species were generally included in the genus ''Tetraodon'' until 2013.<ref name=Kottelat2013>Kottelat, M. (2013). The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. ''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.''</ref><ref name=CatOfFish>Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan (18 February 2017). ''[http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp Catalog of Fishes.]'' Retrieved 18 February 2017.</ref> The largest species of ''Dichotomyctere'' reach up to {{convert|17|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length.<ref name=fishbase/>

==Species== There are currently 6 species in the genus:<ref name=fishbase/>

* ''Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia'' {{small|(Bleeker, 1853)}} — Red-striped toadfish * ''Dichotomyctere fluviatilis'' {{small|(F. Hamilton, 1822)}} — Green pufferfish * ''Dichotomyctere kretamensis'' {{small|(Inger, 1953)}} * ''Dichotomyctere nigroviridis'' {{small|(Marion de Procé, 1822)}} — Spotted green pufferfish * ''Dichotomyctere ocellatus'' {{small|(Steindachner, 1870)}} — Eyespot pufferfish * ''Dichotomyctere sabahensis'' {{small|(Dekkers, 1975)}} — Giant spotted pufferfish

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Tetraodontidae Category:Actinopterygii genera Category:Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril