Please help with ID

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SalmonAfrica
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Please help with ID

Post by SalmonAfrica »

Heya

Need an ID pretty quick to get it into a proper tank ASAP

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Thanks,
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Can you get a side view?
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Sorry man, not anymore. Was promptly returned to the water because it was stressing hectically in the holding tank. Wouldn't have made it until we got it to a proper tank.
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Ok.
So it was wild caught?
Cool.
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Post by Pufferpunk »

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From that pic, it's pretty much impossible to tell, sorry. Where did you get him from?
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Post by SalmonAfrica »

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Found this picture, don't know if it'll be of much use.

The river where it came from had the salinity of of seawater (1.020) but a pH of just over 7.
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Hm...I cant tell but its cute^-^
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Arothron immaculatus in stress coloration.
Sometimes travels into freshwater, but needs a marine tank for long term care.
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Post by side19 »

i'd go with what Corvus says. i just googled it and it looks almost identical to your pictures. cute little guy you had there. too bad he was too stressed.
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Post by Christemo »

Corvus wrote:Arothron immaculatus in stress coloration.
Sometimes travels into freshwater, but needs a marine tank for long term care.
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Post by MMaddox »

Corvus is hardcore :)
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