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Databases compiled from the Ministry of Primary Industries list of Tropical fish allowed to be imported into New Zealand.
Freshwater Fish A toH. Freshwater Fish I to Z. Tropical Marine Fish .
Killifish on list Marine Invertebrates. Exotic Reptiles and Amphibians
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Dichotomyctere fluviatilis
Green Pufferfish
http://www.fishbase.se/summary/11270
The green pufferfish syn. Tetraodon fluviatilis is also from Southern Asia and lives in fresh and brackish rivers, estuaries, lakes and flood plains. It grows up to a length of 17 cms and has a green body with a white underbelly and a metallic yellow or green top covered in black spots, bulging eyes which are metallic blue colour. This species is primarily carnivorous so eats the usual molluscs, crustaceans, invertebrates, and some small fish. This fish is generally peaceful, but becomes more aggressive as it ages.