puffer ID help please..

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A local shop has got some new puffers in.. I am struggling to identify what the puffer is..please can anybody help?
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A dubiosi? Looks like the pictures of a dubiosi but they are so rare and this shop has three of these so it can't be
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Certainly no Tetraodon duboisi. Probably Pao leiurus or a closely related Asian, long snouted target puffer species.
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turgidus possibly? are turgidus rare/expensive?
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No turgidus. The snout ist too long.
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Corvus wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:09 am Certainly no Tetraodon duboisi. Probably Pao leiurus or a closely related Asian, long snouted target puffer species.
Agreed. Duboisis are rounder and more colorful. If I had to put my money on a specific species, I'd have to go with Tetraodon Barbatus.
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Pao leiurus or Pao barbatus is my guess.
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NJD wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:30 am A local shop has got some new puffers in.. I am struggling to identify what the puffer is..please can anybody help?
Gorgeous.
Can you get him on video?


The more we put out, the more we can square this ID stuff away for the future readers.
I have 2 Turgidus that about 100% positive turgidus and look different than your specimen photo.
The Pao leiurus comment has more relation in looks to the body.

My leiurus is a great puffer.

How much do they want for this little guy?
If you don't take it, feel free to give us a heads up on the shop.
We can bookmark it when we look for puffers. Sometimes it leads to more good information.
Google only leads us to only a few shops that advertise puffers even if your in the UK.
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This is 7 months old
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I would have to guess i would also say Pao Leiurus. One that will be in my collection in the future
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