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cos
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If who knows what is the name and type of my small puffer please help me. Because i've just got it and i hardly have knowledge about it.
i have been searching in the google for many days, but still can not gain any information. thank you so much
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Is it in salt?brackish? Or fresh?
It looks nice
looks like some salt water puffer to me(by the fond buy thats me)
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looks like a Auriglobus or Chonerhinos of some sort...
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It almost looks like a SAP that is so stressed that its colors have faded completely.. but not quite.

Wow, I have no idea. Corvus and/or Martin Hi would be the ones to ask specifically.
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How big is it? What was it labled as in the store? What conditions are it in?
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Thanks for everyone to give me some ideas about my puffer. And sorry that i did not mention it,my puffer is brackish and about 6-7cm. I have got it from one man,who love the fish but he just got it also. And this puffer is quite new in my country
so it can not find the information in market.
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If I'm correct it looks like a porcupine with no spikes and that weird skin disease
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Nah, vibrio doesn't take spines, and it goes gray. Couldn't be a porc.
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Looks like a (somewhat stressed) Colomesus psittacus.
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hi,
are you from astralia? at the first glance this looks a an australian puffer species to me. and australian puffers are, as i know, only sold in australia.
please try to make some better pictures!
my forst bet would be marilyna meraukensis: http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSumma ... eraukensis
i have never heard of someone keeping this species in captivity. take care of it!
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Yep, looks like Marilyna meraukensis
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Hi Martin i'm live in Australia. thank you for that to inform me the name of my puffer.
i will try to get the better picture as soon as i can for you.
thanks again
Cos
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If you know or figure out how to keep it happy and healthy, let us know. It would be interesting.
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Post by yunachin »

I have seen pictures of these in the wild. How neat you have one as a pet. :)
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