Species details : Colomesus psittacus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Accepted scientific name:
Colomesus psittacus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Colomesus psittacus  (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms:
Tetrodon psittacus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tetrodon psittacus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Gro-vant - Creole, French French Guiana Click here to show the literature
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Papegøjekuglefisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Banded puffer - English - Click here to show the literature
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Kaijapallokala - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Compère - French France Click here to show the literature
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Compère à bandes - French France Click here to show the literature
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Papageienkugelfisch - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Kuro-obifugu - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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点条方头鲀 Dian tiao fang tou tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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點條方頭魨 Dian tiao fang tou tun Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Baiacu - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Baiacu camisa de meia - Portuguese Brazil(Rio Grande do Norte) Click here to show the literature
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Baiacu-de-água-doce - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Baiacu-lavrado - Portuguese Brazil(Ceará) Click here to show the literature
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Baiacu-listado - Portuguese Brazil(Ceará, Pernambuco and Piauí) Click here to show the literature
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Baiacu-xaréu - Portuguese Brazil(Piauí) Click here to show the literature
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Mamaiacu - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Baloncito - Spanish Ecuador(Psio Tropical Oriental.) Click here to show the literature
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Corrotucho - Spanish Venezuela Click here to show the literature
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Corrotucho listado - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Tetraodontiformes FishBase
Family Tetraodontidae FishBase
Genus Colomesus FishBase
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Paria to the Amazon River in Brazil.
Lifezones: Brackish,freshwater,marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Matsuura, K., 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=7499
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd8b3f13-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401