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Colomesus psittacus (parrot pufferfish; Banded puffer)

Synonyms: Tetrodon psittacus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Colomesus psittacus, the Banded puffer, parrot puffer or South American estuarine puffer, is a species of pufferfish found all along the Western Atlantic coastline of South America from the Gulf of Paria down to the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil.
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Prey / Diet

Amphibalanus amphitrite[1]
Amphibalanus eburneus (Ivory barnacle)[1]
Minuca vocator (Atlantic hairback fiddler)[1]
Pachygrapsus gracilis (dark shore crab)[1]
Uca maracoani[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Pterengraulis atherinoides (Wingfin anchovy)1
Sciades herzbergii (Pemecou sea catfish)2

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1KRUMME, U.; KEUTHEN, H.; SAINT-PAUL, U. and VILLWOCK, W.. Contribution to the feeding ecology of the banded puffer fish Colomesus psittacus (Tetraodontidae) in north Brazilian mangrove creeks. Braz. J. Biol. 2007, vol.67, n.3, pp. 383-392.
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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