Imitator dwarf puffer

Carinotetraodon imitator

Female freckles between larger blotches resemble a pea puffer

The female has yellow-brown sides, larger blotches and numerous tiny dark spots above a pale belly. Males differ.

Appearance and identification

Separated from C. travancoricus by pattern, spination and sex; an unusual pea-puffer pattern alone does not identify it.

Males threaten, defend territory and eat eggs.

Provide vegetation and territories.

Spawns in moss.

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