Dwarf, Red Eye, South American & more. Freshwater puffer talk in here.
Hilly
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by Hilly Wed May 23, 2007 2:59 am
Found this and wondered if he was one as he's not a typical Muirus turd brown or bright red/orange.
Duboisi???? Hilly
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by manutius Wed May 23, 2007 3:28 am
hmm, thats hard to say, If they can get full profile shot it would be easier to see the difference in the lines of the jaw. Markings wise it could be a duboisi but then as you say could be a colour variant of a murius. I now have splinters from sitting on the fence
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by Corvus Wed May 23, 2007 4:27 am
the puffer of Fletch?miurus . They can be grey. Compare with the aqualog, there are probably grey ones illustrated, too. The duboisi is quite different.
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by Hilly Wed May 23, 2007 5:43 am
So does that mean that the pale Miurus that manutius saw in a LFS with a load of other Miurus could have been just that and not the Duboisi.
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by Corvus Wed May 23, 2007 6:10 am
all pictures/drawings available of duboisi show clear spots making a somewhat honeycomb like pattern. miurus however seems to occur with a wide range of mottled coloration from grey to brown to red to black. Some have some spots, but never many and never in a honeycomb like pattern.
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by Rocker Wed May 23, 2007 6:45 am
They are all Miurus, both the PFK and the one's manutius saw in the shop.
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by Hilly Wed May 23, 2007 6:54 am
My mistake. Not really a big miurus fan but I quite like this lighter colour morph of them.
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by manutius Wed May 23, 2007 9:40 am
I love these fish, I think they are great
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by susiejames101 Wed May 23, 2007 12:59 pm
I love mine too, he is a real character and is a sandy colour most of the time , very similar to the one in the pic. He can change his colour from a very pale sandy colour to speckly or stripey, its fascinating to watch him
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