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Puffer id

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 6:19 pm
by Spotfin
Picked up this little puffer a couple weeks ago. Thoughts on id?
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Re: Puffer id

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 7:39 pm
by Pufferpunk

Re: Puffer id

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 1:43 pm
by Spotfin
That’s what I thought when I first saw the puffer. But it has the figure 8 pattern.
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Re: Puffer id

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 2:14 pm
by Pufferpunk
The 8 is actually not how they are identified. The eyespot by the tail is the ID point, hence the name biocellatus, or "twinspot" puffer.

Re: Puffer id

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 5:23 pm
by Matts
Pufferpunk wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2020 2:14 pm The 8 is actually not how they are identified. The eyespot by the tail is the ID point, hence the name biocellatus, or "twinspot" puffer.
I didn’t know GSP’s could have such big blotches on top? I've never seen them on the GSP's sold at a local garden centre (off course sold as pure ‘freshwater fish’)

It kinda reminds me of the tetraodon fluviatilis in my aqualog puffer book.
To be clear I'm just asking out of interest, I have no experience with these fish…

Re: Puffer id

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 5:46 pm
by Pufferpunk
It's not a GSP, more than likely a F8.

Re: Puffer id

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:23 am
by Spotfin
I noticed the lack of ocelli at the tail as well. They are absent at the base of the dorsal fin too. I haven't seen another gsp with similar markings on the head before. Perhaps this fish was collected from a new area. The other two puffers at the lfs looked like this one.

Re: Puffer id

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:37 am
by Spotfin
Matts wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2020 5:23 pm
Pufferpunk wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2020 2:14 pm The 8 is actually not how they are identified. The eyespot by the tail is the ID point, hence the name biocellatus, or "twinspot" puffer.
I didn’t know GSP’s could have such big blotches on top? I've never seen them on the GSP's sold at a local garden centre (off course sold as pure ‘freshwater fish’)

It kinda reminds me of the tetraodon fluviatilis in my aqualog puffer book.
To be clear I'm just asking out of interest, I have no experience with these fish…
This specimen does look like a fluviatilis.

Re: Puffer id

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:54 am
by Pufferpunk
Clear side view?

Re: Puffer id

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 11:22 am
by Corvus
Agree with Spotfin. Very likely a young fluviatilis. No GSP or F8 IMO. Nice find. I saw them often in the past, but not so often in the last 10 years.

Re: Puffer id

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 10:59 pm
by Spotfin
Pufferpunk wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:54 am Clear side view?
Tough to get a good picture of this one. It’s always moving, and doesn’t like my phone in its face😀. Although it will eat out of my hand. These pics might be a little better.
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Re: Puffer id

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 11:00 pm
by Pufferpunk
Definitely a Ceylon.

Re: Puffer id

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2020 11:55 am
by Spotfin
Thank you all for help with the id.