female irrubesco? ...i was too late. hoping for dps though.

hadla · Post by **hadla** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:05 pm

i didnt have my camera with me to take a pic of the puffer in question(cell phone camera isnt nearly as good-just a black blob lol) is there a difference in colors or the mottled pattern to tell them apart? im still hoping its a female irrubesco... i think it might be because shes a darker brown than the palembang pics. can anyone help? ill try to go and get a picture of it soon.

edit: 2 pics and 2 videos of puffer in question:

best video: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/h ... I_4218.mp4

shes moving fast in this one: http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/h ... I_4225.mp4

hadla · Post by **hadla** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:51 pm

oh, and the guy i was talking to about her said that the person who orders the fish usually gets the scientific names and common names correct... so evidently they think its a humpback (palembang) puffer. and he said they had like 20 of them when they got the puffers in and theyve all been sold except for this one... so i dont know.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:15 pm

Definitely not a humpback (M palembang). Probably one of the dwarf red eye (Carinotetraodon) species.

hadla · Post by **hadla** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:34 pm

really??? yay! i thought she might be too small to be a palembang.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:09 am

Well, a baby one would be small.

hadla · Post by **hadla** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:22 am

lol, true, but id think it would be bigger than that in a fish store... how can you tell that its an irrubesco? the pattern,color?

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:48 am

Well, those photos are total crap

, so I'm just going by the shape of the fish & snout.

hadla · Post by **hadla** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:06 am

Pufferpunk wrote:Well, those photos are total crap , so I'm just going by the shape of the fish & snout.

but youre sure its not a palembang, right? and it will be fine in a 10g?

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:32 am

Not sure 100% with those pics but it really resembles a Carinotetraodon.

Post by **Corvus** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:42 am

Probably female C. irrubesco (I suppose I see broken lines on the belly), definitely no palembang.

hadla · Post by **hadla** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:44 am

ok thanks, corvus! and thanks again, pp!

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:51 am

Corvus to the rescue--again!

Puffer King · Post by **Puffer King** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:51 am

Corvus wrote:Probably female C. irrubesco (I suppose I see broken lines on the belly), definitely no palembang.

+1 ...awful photos but looks to most defo be C. irrubesco

hadla · Post by **hadla** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:33 pm

k enough about the pics =P you try taking a clear picture of a puffer that only stops for about a second. at least i got 2 decent ones

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:28 pm

Well, when he's at your house, I'm sure you'l have plenty of time for better pics.

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