Family: Tetraodontidae
Freshwater Pufferfish — a Tetraodontidae from Indonesia, territorial and intelligent; personality exceeds its size. Reaches 12.8–18.7 cm; one per tank is the safe rule. 24–28 °C.
Dichotomyctere nigroviridis, a member of the family Tetraodontidae, comes from Indonesia, where it inhabits estuaries and brackish shallows. Territorial and intelligent; personality exceeds its size and mollusc-crusher — snails, shrimp and hard foods to wear the beak, it grows to 12.8–18.7 cm and adapts well to a properly set-up aquarium in the 24–28 °C range. In a community tank it pairs well with Fast robust fish too large to harass.
Difficulty: moderate. Territorial and intelligent; personality exceeds its size. One per tank is the safe rule.
Aim for 24–28 °C. Stable warm range; 24–28 °C recorded range.
Expect 12.8–18.7 cm as an adult, living middle to bottom. A 420 L tank or larger gives it room.
Mollusc-crusher — snails, shrimp and hard foods to wear the beak. Feed two small meals a day rather than one large one.
Territorial and intelligent; personality exceeds its size. Recommended tankmates: Fast robust fish too large to harass — Only in the largest setups. Avoid Invertebrates — Eaten like the snails they are.
Native to Indonesia, where it lives in estuaries and brackish shallows. Still to gentle; High oxygen appreciated.
No routine captive breeding; behaviour varies by species. Unclear.