Brackish Puffers from Eastern India A

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Brackish Puffers from Eastern India A

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Hello Friends,

I joined yesterday and I thank some friends for their warm welcome.

To start with what I think might be Chelonodon patoca, the specimen featured is 6 cm and collected from the Matla river at Jharkali, South 24 parganas District, West Bengal State, India.
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that is awesome, looks like someone dipped the top of it in a chrome bath LOL
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Gorgeous fish!
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Your ID is correct.
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I'd say Chelonodon laticeps. If you have a look at the original description of C. patoca by HAMILTON-BUCHANAN he never mentions those dark bands or has them in the drawing of C. patoca. I (and I guess Martin Hi. might agree) am sure if C. laticeps is a true species, many of the animals called C. patoca are truly this species. A lot of scientific work is waiting within the Chelonodon genus!
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Beautiful puffer :-)
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Great pictures on this and the other thread.
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Nice fat little guy, isn't he? :D
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