Tetraodon Pustulatus

Pufferswanted · Post by **Pufferswanted** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:14 pm

I was wondering if anyone has ever actually seen this puffer for sale
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=819

lisalisa · Post by **lisalisa** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:25 pm

No, I wish. If I ever do see one, it's mine though

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Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:46 pm

I was thinking the same after looking through the puffer pics yesterday. These guys true fresh or move to marine as adults?

The Bruce · Post by **The Bruce** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:50 pm

True Fresh

Pyratt · Post by **Pyratt** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:55 pm

crazy they almost look .. albino

Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:03 pm

Lets see, I feel another species tank comming on...

The Bruce · Post by **The Bruce** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:18 pm

I would pay good money for a pustulatus....but who wouldn't?

Pufferswanted · Post by **Pufferswanted** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:43 pm

how could you ever get one

fatpuffer · Post by **fatpuffer** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:30 am

There is a post in the oddball section of waterwolves of two pustulatus. But in my unexperienced eyes, they look more like fahakas.

waterwolves.com

Js

Bred · Post by **Bred** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:07 am

You mean this: http://forums.waterwolves.com/index.php ... pic=100746

T. pustulatus has always struck me as exactly the same as a lineatus, except for colouration. Perhaps it's not a separate species but a colour morph, along the same lines of what we see in the T. nigropunctatus family?

Although, I agree - I think the fish linked above most closely resembles an ordinary fahaka. I guess time will tell...

Post by **RTR** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:50 am

The pictured fish looks like an immature Fahaka to me. T,pustilatus is a real (valid) species even if highly restricted geologically. It is not currently considered a T. lineatus variant.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:53 am

I agree. That pic does not do a pustulatus justice!

lisalisa · Post by **lisalisa** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:54 am

I think it is a very nice looking fahaka though.

fatpuffer · Post by **fatpuffer** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:28 am

He was saying that the "pustulatus" were acting agressive towards each other. They were in the same tank, BTW. I always thought pustulatus can live with conspecifics.

Who knows...i want to see pix in a few months!

Js

Rocker · Post by **Rocker** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:55 pm

I don't know if any of you remember but I posted a while back after I returned from a trip to a wholesaler.The guy there was unsure about a tank full of 'pustalatus/lineatus' Although they were only an inch long they looked remarkably like the ones in the picture, only with a few more spots.I believe that they, as the pictures, are young T. lineatus

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