i am in love! she is sooo cute!!!! so i noticed that when i

[crazedpuffer]

I say: say lon

[hadla]

I say: say lon

me too

[pufferfreak]

isnt ceylon another name for the same kind of puffer like a t. nigrovidos or however its spelled

[yunachin]

Tetraodon nigroviridis is a Green Spotted Puffer
Tetraodon fluviatilis is a ceylon.

[crazedpuffer]

They are pretty similar though.

[Corvus]

what about ceylon...
i always pronounced it silon as in si-fi...
but a friend said it should be ce LON with the emphasis on the LON, as in a place near sri lanka....
that's the problem with the internet, nothing is actually said.
I have a ceylon too.... he's the bestest ever!

Ceylon is not a place near Sri Lanka, it is the old name of Sri Lanka (until 1972)

Although T. fluviatilis got its English common name, because it occurs in Sri Lanka, it also occurs in other coastal regions of Southern and Eastern Asia. Specimens from Sri Lanka are said to be different than the ones from India, personally I do not see any major differences.

[heytootz]

ok, I'm new and ignorant. I search Ceylon images and.. there were diff pics but it looked like GSP were the same as.... Is that true or am I in desperate need of education??

thanks

Mary-Rhea

[Corvus]

The GSPs have only black spots, the Ceylons have black bars at their backs and spots, too especially at their sides.

http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug. ... roviridis/

http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug. ... uviatilis/

They are confused with each other (and other species) often, so, naturally you'll find a lot of wrong labelled pictures.

[spoot]

Here's some updated pictures of our ceylons. Note the large bars on the top side of the fish.
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/vie ... 11&t=11208

[Nas]

put my finger against the glass, she would investigate it for a little while then try to bite it through the glass... so i put my fingertip in the water for a little while and she got brave enough to try pecking it! it cracked me up! that is one tough little beak. so i got a small snail and held it between my thumb and first finger under the water and she came up and grabbed it from me! i love it! i want to try to get a video of it onto my camera when i have more snails. i am so amazed by this little fish and her stubborn personality!!! if i havent mentioned it before... i LOVE my little girl!!!! XD

My puffer used to do that as well until we had some guests who's kids tapped and shook the crap out of his tank, now he's a big muppet and darts away whenever i come near the tank.