Nigroviridis or fluvialitis

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shadem
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Nigroviridis or fluvialitis

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Hello,

can someone help me identify if this is a tetraodon nigroviridis or tetraodon fluvialitis?

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Re: Nigroviridis or fluvialitis

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Definitely a Tetraodon Nigroviridis
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Re: Nigroviridis or fluvialitis

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yes indeed, tetraodon fluvialitis have a saddle across their backs, rather than spots...

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tetraodon fluvialitis (above)

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tetraodon nigroviridis (above)

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Re: Nigroviridis or fluvialitis

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Thank you very much. I was almost sure it was a nigroviridis, but I bought it as a fluvialitis.
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Re: Nigroviridis or fluvialitis

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is he yours? :-)
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Re: Nigroviridis or fluvialitis

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t1gerbee wrote:is he yours? :-)
Yes, I have 2. This is one of them. :D

Just wanted to be sure about the exact species to learn all I can about them. In the shop they were in fresh water, so now I wan to add some salt slowly to have them in brackish water.
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Re: Nigroviridis or fluvialitis

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Either way, the two species are basically the same. Ceylons (fluvialitis) growly marginally larger than GSPs (nigroviridis). Otherwise, they prefer almost identical water conditions.
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Re: Nigroviridis or fluvialitis

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Check out the article on them in our Library, for care & feeding.
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