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The dwarf pufferfish (Carinotetraodon travancoricus), also known as the Malabar pufferfish (leading to easy confusion with the related C. imitator), pea pufferfish or pygmy pufferfish, is a small, freshwater pufferfish endemic to Kerala and southern Karnataka in Southwest India. It is threatened by overfishing for the aquarium trade, and by habitat loss.
The maximum documented size is 3.5 cm (1.4 in), making it one of the smallest pufferfish in the world.[3] Although closely related to marine pufferfish, they are not found in salt water, and reports to the contrary are based on misidentification.
The diet of dwarf pufferfish in the wild mainly consists of small animals such as cladocera, rotifers, copepods and insects. Sand and detritus, presumably ingested by mistake when feeding on small bottom dwelling animals, has also been found in the gut of dwarf pufferfish. In captivity the dwarf puffer will eat small snails such as ramshorn snails, bladder snails, and Malaysian trumpet snails (MTS) as well as some frozen foods like bloodworms, and brine shrimp, which can also be fed live. Puffers like to have a varied diet and it’s important to feed different foods when keeping dwarf puffer fish in captivity.[citation needed] Other members of the genus feed on zooplankton and various benthic crustaceans and molluscs.[5] Food items of specimens maintained in aquaria appears to be similar.[3] Dwarf pufferfish are commonly associated with plants in the genus Cabomba, and the presence of these plants has been show to reduce mortality among captive specimens.[6]
Unlike many pufferfish species that are solitary and fiercely territorial, the dwarf pufferfish occurs in shoals in the wild.[1] However, like all pufferfish, they can be aggressive, especially towards creatures smaller than themselves, and in the aquarium trade, it is commonly recommended to keep them in a dedicated “species only” tank. A female to male ratio of 3 to 1 is sometimes recommended to reduce aggression in captive fish
Dwarf pufferfish have become quite popular as aquarium fish thanks to their attractive colours, small size, and relative ease of maintenance.[3][9] The dwarf puffer is also one of the few aquarium fish to regularly eat small live snails, so it is used in controlling snail populations. This popularity is a major threat to the species, as it is often wild-caught.[1]
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