green pufferfish

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| image = Dichotomyctere fluviatilis - Karlsruhe Zoo 01.jpg

| image2 = Tetrodon fluviatilis Achilles 183.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author1=Shao, K.|author2=Liu, M.|author3=Jing, L.|author4=Hardy, G.|author5=Leis, J.L.|author6=Matsuura, K.|year=2014|title=Tetraodon fluviatilis|page=e.T193750A2271459|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193750A2271459.en|access-date=29 July 2023}}

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| taxon = Dichotomyctere fluviatilis

| authority = (F. Hamilton, 1822)

| range_map = Dichotomyctere fluviatilis Map.jpg

| synonyms = Tetraodon fluviatilisKottelat, M. (2013). The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.

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The green pufferfish or Ceylon pufferfish (Dichotomyctere fluviatilis, syn. Tetraodon fluviatilis) is a species of pufferfish found in South and Southeast Asia.{{FishBase |genus= Dichotomyctere|species= fluviatilis| month = February | year = 2017}}{{Cite web |title=Ceylon Pufferfish - Encyclopedia of Life |url=https://eol.org/pages/51264117 |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=eol.org}} Its habitat includes rivers, estuaries, lakes and flood plains. It lives in fresh to slightly brackish water.