Brackish Puffer from Eastern India E

[Channabarca]

Introducing what I think is Chelonodon patoca aka the Gold Spotted Puffer from Eastern India.

Photo Credits : Banjohead

[Corvus]

Great pictures!

[jus85411]

nice puff! how big is it?

[~reefchik~]

nice puff! how big is it?

Just a wild guess, but I'm gonna say about 4 inches long

It is another gorgeous puffer! Thanks for sharing these with us.

[jus85411]

ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Marine/Chelonodon+patoca/

so this is the same as a milkspotted?

[Ohyouknow]

Reefchik, did you cheat and look at the ruler in the first pic?

[~reefchik~]

Reefchik, did you cheat and look at the ruler in the first pic?

[jus85411]

haha its too early for me to have noticed the ruler

[Channabarca]

ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Marine/Chelonodon+patoca/

so this is the same as a milkspotted?

Looks to be the same but a pic of the fish free swimming would have helped better by way of comparisions.

Btw, I thought the Milk Spotted Puffer was trade/hobby name for Takifugu oblongus as those have white spots whereas these have yellow spots/vermiculations.

[Channabarca]

Thanks Folks,

some more pics by Banjo to gloat over

[jus85411]

ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Marine/Chelonodon+patoca/

so this is the same as a milkspotted?

Looks to be the same but a pic of the fish free swimming would have helped better by way of comparisions.

Btw, I thought the Milk Spotted Puffer was trade/hobby name for Takifugu oblongus as those have white spots whereas these have yellow spots/vermiculations.

not sure, im not knowledgeable enough to know this type of information. just was looking through the puffer pedia and found that with the same scientific name

[xrayjeeper83]

awesome looking puffer