NEED HELP IDING PUFFER

Polish · Post by **Polish** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:54 pm

hey i work at big als aqariums there is a mystery puffer there http://www.pufferlist.com/pictures/fish/lortetimale.jpg its got a similar color to this puffer it is plain with no markings its eyes are red pupils with a bright blue iris around the red pupil its about 1 1/2 inces big mabey a little bigger and i beleive its tail is some what redish anyone know what type of puffer is this is beleive it is freshwater

demented_lullaby · Post by **demented_lullaby** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:43 pm

Did it come in with other fish? If so which?

sounds like a cute fellah

Polish · Post by **Polish** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:06 pm

no its with one other of its kinda the one is beat up his tail has chunks missing out of it and the one i want to buy its body is fine it looks healthy but very shy as it just hides or sits in the corner its with some glass fish i think in the tank this puffer has been there for a while anyone seen this type of puffer before dull green color a black dot near the tail similar to the target puffers and red eyes with a blue iris????????? i know somebody can help me no buddy on dwarfpuffers.com knows i KNOW some one here does.

ChesapeakeSwellfish · Post by **ChesapeakeSwellfish** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:28 pm

Hey Polish,
Are you at work now? Do you have access to Dr. Ebert's Aqualog book "The Puffers of fresh and brackish waters"? Or access to a digital camera?

Polish · Post by **Polish** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:34 pm

im going to work now actually but know i dont have accsess to that book or do i have accsess to a camera is the description alone enough i there cant be that many puffers with the type of eyes im describing

ChesapeakeSwellfish · Post by **ChesapeakeSwellfish** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:37 pm

Maybe a female Carinotetraodon irrubesco?

ChesapeakeSwellfish · Post by **ChesapeakeSwellfish** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:40 pm

C.irrubesco has more reddish caudal fin than C. lorteti. My best guess without a pic.

Polish · Post by **Polish** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:52 pm

it has red on the tip of the tail but this might just be damage done by the other puffer as the red looks kinda uneven

ChesapeakeSwellfish · Post by **ChesapeakeSwellfish** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:08 am

Then its either C.irrubesco or C. lortei, both nice fish.

Definitely read as much as you can at this site. Actually, reading everything on this forum would be a good use of time.

Polish · Post by **Polish** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:58 am

lol iv been reading about puffers for a week straight i get up read go to work at a fish store come back feed fish then read some more then sleep HAHAH

its the life

Pufferpack · Post by **Pufferpack** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:53 am

Sounds like Tetraodon cutcutia, aka. Emerald puffer, aka. Common Puffer, aka Psycho puffer

Does this look like the puffer in question?

*Edited by lisalisa to show image.

edit: Although this picture doesn't show the blue iris, it does show up when the light is right.

Post by **RTR** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:00 pm

Ha! That belly makes my DPs look svelte!

lisalisa · Post by **lisalisa** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:04 pm

I believe that's a big ol' belly full of eggs.

crazyforpuffs · Post by **crazyforpuffs** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:12 pm

Does it look like these guys?

They are juvenile T. Cutcutia.

This pic is of one of the same Cutcutia's - only more mature.

Polish · Post by **Polish** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:42 pm

your the the F in man thats exactly what it is RIGHT ON !

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