Colomesus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes
Subordo: Tetraodontoidei

Familia: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Colomesus
Species: C. asellus – C. psittacus
Name

Colomesus Gill, 1884
References

Colomesus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Colomesus psittacus

Colomesus is a genus of pufferfishes confined to tropical South America. Apart from differences in size, the three species are superficially similar, being green above, white below, and patterned with black transverse bands across the dorsal surface.[1] C. asellus is commonly found in the aquarium trade, while C. psittacus, due to its size and more specialized requirements, is not found as often.[2]
Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus according to FishBase[3] and the Catalog of Fishes.[4]

Colomesus asellus (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1849) (Amazon puffer)
Colomesus psittacus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Banded puffer)
Colomesus tocantinensis Amaral, Brito, Silva & Carvalho, 2013

References

Ebert, Klaus (2001). The Puffers of Fresh and Brackish Water. Aqualog. ISBN 3-931702-60-X.
"Colomesus asellus". Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Colomesus in FishBase. October 2012 version.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Colomesus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 December 2018.