Help with a Puffer/boxfish/cowfish ID

[Tideshark]

There is a box/cow fish I saw at the store a few weeks ago and it was awesome looking. He looked kinda like Super Shredders helmet from Ninja Turtles. Silver and had rows of spikes going backwards down both sides and on the top going back. WHAT IS HE?!?! Can't find him anywhere. He had that helmet shape of a cow/box fish and not regular puffer or porcipine fish.

[jdak]

like this?

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod ... &pcatid=68

[Tideshark]

nope, not like that at all.

[Tideshark]

Literally looks identical to Super Shredders helmet in Ninja Turtles.

[Brent]

This?

http://www.fishdb.co.uk/findpicture.php ... picid=1851

[J-P]

or this one: http://marineoasis.com/images/fish/bridled_burrfish.jpg ?

[Brent]

That is an awesome fish, J-P!

[J-P]

thanks I am currently looking for info on it

[Brent]

Well, they can't be much different from puffers for feeding and overall care, right?

It grows to 15" and lives on or near reefs and in seagrass beds (fishbase).

[J-P]

do a search for Chilomycterus on fishbase.org. They have a bunch and range in size.

Marine Oasis has:
Bridled Burrfish
Chilomycterus antillarum http://www.marineoasis.com/index.cgi?page=pufferfish

Fishbase has:
Chilomycterus antennatus http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Species ... hp?id=4299
Bridled burrfish

A different scientific name.

Fish bas has antillarum as a Web burrfish http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Species ... hp?id=4300 <== AFAIK these are a little more common and cute as hell!

I wonder if one of these can fit in my 65

[Brent]

I don't trust that marine oasis site. Look at how they label the burrfish as 'super easy and almost always acclimates to captivity well' and the valentini as 'okay if provided with special care.'

I'd say fishbase probably has the correct ID, to say the least. Just IMO.

Hopefully.

[edit]

I searched chilomycterus antennatus on google and it's labelled as the bridled burrfish on every site on the first page.

[Tideshark]

Hell yeah Brent, that is it, Humpback Turretfish, thanks for the ID and sorry it took me forever to get back to the post.

[Brent]

Haha, no problem.

Are you thinking of getting one?