Where Does Green Spotted Puffer Live?
Dichotomyctere nigroviridis
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Where to find Green Spotted Puffer
- Water type
- brackish
- Depth
- Typically found in shallow coastal waters, estuaries, and lower reaches of rivers, often in depths less than 10 meters.
- Environment
- Mangrove swamps, estuaries, and coastal areas with muddy or sandy substrates, often among submerged vegetation or roots. They are euryhaline, tolerating a wide range of salinities from freshwater to full marine, but thrive in brackish conditions.
- Geographic range
- Southeast Asia, including India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
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