Puffer ID help please

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Kate0206
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Puffer ID help please

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Hello!

I got my puffer a few months ago and was told that it was a "Black river puffer" or Tetraodon palembangensis. He, or she I really have no idea I just gave it a boy name, looked like the pictures back then but after trying to look into it further a lot of them have the humped back which I really am not seeing. I'm honestly thinking now maybe he is a "Tetraodon Turgidus" but then there are some pictures that don't really look like him. I'm honestly just confusing myself more lol so I thought I should probably try to ask people who know a lot more than I do.. Any help would be really appreciated.

Here is Leroy. :)


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Your ID is correct: M turgidus: ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Freshwater/T_Turgidus/

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yep.
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cute puffer!


here are some pictures of mine from when he was younger

first day in the tank
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/62 ... stday.jpg/


after I cleared him of ip
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/83 ... pictu.jpg/
1 M. Turgidus - 29 gallon
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