CARINOTETRAODON-SALIVATOR, A NEW SPECIES OF PUFFERFISH FROM SARAWAK, MALAYSIA (TELEOSTEI, TETRAODONTIDAE)

Carinotetraodon salivator, a new species of freshwater pufferfish, is described from Sarawak. It differs from its only known congener, C. lo rteti, in having a shallower body (depth 36-41% SL, vs. 45-53), 10 ana l fin rays (vs. 11), 16-17 pectoral fin rays (vs. 14-15), 17-18 (mode 18) vertebrae (vs. 15-17, mode 16), eyes situated nearer the dorsal pr ofile of the head, a distinct pale blotch present under the lower lip, a white distal margin absent from the caudal fin, and a ventrum which is striped in females and cross-banded in mature males. A lectotype i s designated for Tetraodon borneensis Regan, 1902.