Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Tetraodontidae > Auriglobus > Auriglobus modestus

Auriglobus modestus (Bronze Puffer)

Synonyms: Chonerhinos africanus; Chonerhinos modestus; Chonerhinus africanus; Chonerhinus modestus; Tetraodon modestus
Language: Finnish; Laotian; Mandarin Chinese; Vietnamese

Wikipedia Abstract

Auriglobus modestus, the narrow-lined puffer, bronze puffer or golden puffer, is a ray-finned fish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is found in the lower parts of rivers and estuaries in southeast Asia including Laos, Thailand, Viet Nam, Malaysia and Indonesia. It grows to a maximum length of about 10.6 cm (4.2 in) and feeds on small invertebrates, seeds, fish scales and small fish.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Tabin Wildlife Reserve IV 275051 Sabah, Malaysia  

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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0