New puffer species

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New puffer species

Post by TAN »

Completely unexpected I received from taiwan a new puffer species that has not been categorized and has been come simply as tetraodon sp.
It has resemblances with the tetraodon fluviatilus and tetraodon nigroviridis in certain points but he was differs considerably more in his morphology. :wink:

In this link some photos of the new species. :D

http://www.aquazone.gr/forums/index.php?showtopic=7194
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Post by Boxermom »

Looks like the takifugu that has been showing up a bit lately.
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Post by Rocker »

looks like a T.sabahensis
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Rocker, You could be right. I wonder if thats' the weird-looking GSP we have been getting pics of, all these years. Never even noticed there was another species on that page.
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Post by Hilly »

It does share some resemblance to the Sabahensis pics that Corvus posted.
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Post by kass »

Interesting...Looks like he kind of has a fluorescent patch on top of his head, like a GSP.
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Post by Corvus »

Rocker wrote:looks like a T.sabahensis
I agree.

@TAN: brackish, fresh or marine tank?
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I keep getting errors that say the page doesn't exist.
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Post by TAN »

Perhaps it’s a T.sabahensis but I can’t find informations and photo from this species.The fish its 18cm long but in Dr.Klaus book writes as final size 14cm.:roll:
Corvus wrote:@TAN: brackish, fresh or marine tank?
It came in light brackish water.
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Post by Corvus »

There is not much information on this species available. Dekkers thought 1975 it was a subspecies of T. fluviatilis. Since then it only occurred in fish guides without any more detail. Kottelat interprets it as a separate species. 2 (?) years ago, it occurred in aquaria, so Ebert did not have the possibility to find out a lot on this species. Have a look at

http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/vie ... php?t=6751

The only way bring more clarity to the "fulviatilis"-group seems to by with genetic analysis.

18 cm seems to be a new maximum anyway.

Can't wait to see it on the stocklists in Germany.

At which salinity do you have it?
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Post by Corvus »

On the occasion of thinking about T. sabahensis have a look at

http://www.exomarc.com/default_zone/fr/ ... e-416.html

scroll down and magnify the one labeled as "T. cochinchinensis.". Out of stock it seems... sad.
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Post by susiejames101 »

Pufferpunk wrote:Rocker, You could be right. I wonder if thats' the weird-looking GSP we have been getting pics of, all these years. Never even noticed there was another species on that page.
That definately looks like the fish we saw at the London Aquarium a couple of years ago, we sent pics to the 'old 'puffer forum and were told it was probable some variant type of puffer, so maybe it now has a name after all :)
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Pufferpunk wrote:I wonder if thats' the weird-looking GSP we have been getting pics of, all these years. Never even noticed there was another species on that page.
And remember that one puffer I was insisting was not a GSP all that time? Let's now revisit the issue.

Taking into account the current thread and the links provided in it (esp. this one: http://www.exomarc.com/default_zone/fr/ ... e-416.html, where Corvus asked us to point our browsers; and the one that TAN directed us to at http://www.aquazone.gr/forums/index.php?showtopic=7194),...

...what do you think of the identity of my deceased puffer from the following thread, my thread from a while back? (Look especially at the pictures at the top of page three of the thread, but also on the first page.) http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/vie ... &&start=30
Monotrete cochinchinensis | Tetraodon sabahensis | Takifugu ocellatus | Tetraodon abei | Carinotetraodon irrubesco x2 (m&f) | Tetraodon turgidus | Tetraodon baileyi (co-owned with KugelKat) | Tetraodon palembangensis | Tetraodon lineatus | Tetraodon miurus | Auriglobus modestus | Carinotetraodon travancoricusx3 ||| deceased: C.asellus,T.nigroviridis,T.leiurus,C.lorteti
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Post by Pufferpunk »

Yup, that's what I was thinking.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Do we have enough pics and details now for a new PufferPedia entry?
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