Differences between figure eight and ceylon?
Differences between figure eight and ceylon?
Hi sorry for all the silly questions.
What are the main differences between these two puffers? Is mainly the markings and size?
What are the main differences between these two puffers? Is mainly the markings and size?
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Re: Differences between figure eight and ceylon?
F8s are brackish and ceylons usually start in brackish but need to get to full marine salinity as they grow. They also get bigger than the f8s.
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Re: Differences between figure eight and ceylon?
And what is the easiest way to tell them apart?
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Re: Differences between figure eight and ceylon?
The figure 8s have thin connected rings that look like an 8 and the ceylons have two distinctive "saddles"
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Re: Differences between figure eight and ceylon?
Ceylon
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Figure 8
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Figure 8
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Re: Differences between figure eight and ceylon?
Thanks everybody!
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Re: Differences between figure eight and ceylon?
Actually, not ALL F8s have an "8" on their backs. The definitive marking are the eyespots on either side of their tail.
Hence the name: Tetraodon biocellatus.
The Ceylon (Tetraodon fluviatilis), have a spotted belly.
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Hence the name: Tetraodon biocellatus.
The Ceylon (Tetraodon fluviatilis), have a spotted belly.
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Re: Differences between figure eight and ceylon?
Yeah I had always considered the Ceylon puffer to be some sort of crazy hybrid of a GSP & Figure 8, I would love to get lucky and find one mixed in with a bunch of Figure 8 puffers.
Random internet pic from Google Images.
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Re: Differences between figure eight and ceylon?
Their eye colors are different too... If the puffer in question has any sort of swirly thin lines on its back, it's most likely an f8
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Re: Differences between figure eight and ceylon?
Strongly agree w/Pufferpunk's notes on both fish above. Only the eyespots are diagnostic for the F-8s. The dorsal markings are far too variable for ID use.
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Re: Differences between figure eight and ceylon?
CAN YOU TELL IF THIS IS A FIGURE OF 8 PLEASE ??? AS IVE BEEN TOLD ITS NOT
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Re: Differences between figure eight and ceylon?
That is a Ceylon puffer, it lacks the F8 eyespots on each side at the base of the tail.
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