pet shop did not know what it was he received 4 so i bought 1 and hes cool lookin so heres the pictures
can u identify this puffer? please
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Looks like Sphoeroides maculatus to me, the Northern Puffer. Fishermen used to call them squab, and they were an important food fish until the 60's when they became very scarce. I happen to have researched them because I was considering trying to keep pufferfish local to Long Island at one point, and this is the only one. He's web info on Maculatus puffers:
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/northern_puffer.cfm
If I'm right it will grow to 10-14" and prefer slightly cooler than tropical temperatures.
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/northern_puffer.cfm
If I'm right it will grow to 10-14" and prefer slightly cooler than tropical temperatures.
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S. maculatus has rather vertically elongated blotches.
S. testudineus has polygonal blotches IMO like this puffer.
See:
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/Thumbnai ... hp?ID=1242
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/Thumbnai ... hp?ID=1181
S. testudineus has polygonal blotches IMO like this puffer.
See:
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/Thumbnai ... hp?ID=1242
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/Thumbnai ... hp?ID=1181
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