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Tetraodon lineatus (Coral butterfly; Globe fish; Nile puffer; Puffer; Puffer fish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Fahaka pufferfish (from Arabic: فهقة), also known as the Nile puffer, Globe fish, Lineatus puffer (Tetraodon lineatus), is a tropical freshwater pufferfish found in the Nile river and other river basins of Africa.
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Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  6 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Danau Sentarum National Park 347674 Kalimantan, Indonesia  
Foret Classee de la Mare Aux Hippopotames Bird Reserve IV 37906 Burkina Faso  
Takamanda Forest Reserve National Park II 167041 Cameroon  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Astiotrema impletum[2]
Paragorgorhynchus aswanensis[2]
Pararaosentis golvani[2]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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