Black River Puffer *Pictures*

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lorimac40
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Black River Puffer *Pictures*

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Hi All,
The local pet store has a puffer they call a black river puffer, anyone know what kind of puffer that is ? Its kinda a gray color with some dots about 2" long, I'm thinking it may be a Tetraodon duboisi.
Lori
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I wish it was but I doubt it.
Palembangensis have been called black river puffers
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I've seen Fahakas go by this name as well.
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I saw a Fang's labeled as one too. Can you get a pic? Or go to http://www.pufferlist.com & look there.
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I really can't ID from a photo, (s)he was very timid and was hiding the pet store guy moved a rock so a could see him/her, muddy gray w darker spots and blue eyes, definitely a lurker wild guess would be tet. turgidis. If anyone is in the Minneapolis/St Paul area pm me for location, they also have a suvattii for $30 and some really cool looking GSPs that are almost all white w/black dots and a splash of lime green across the top. I'm out of town this weekend and will try to get a picture next week if (s)he's still there.
Lori
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T turgidus have red eyes.
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Post by lorimac40 »

Hi again-

I haven't had time to get back out there to get a picture, but he/she been on my mind, I called and the store owner said its a tetraodon tidae, I can't find anything on that name.

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I can't find anthing by that name either.
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Post by Feathers&Fins »

lorimac40 wrote:I called and the store owner said its a tetraodon tidae, I can't find anything on that name.
LOL! It is all one word — Tetraodontidae… That is the Family Puffers are in. You need the Genus and Species. *jabs RTR in side*
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LOL...now i get it!!! I feel dumb :oops:
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Yep missed it too!!! :oops:
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Post by lorimac40 »

Sorry :oops: :oops: :oops:
The owner spelled it out as 2 words I even called back and said I couldn't find any info and checked the spelling! I will try to get out there soon and get a picture.

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Post by RTR »

:oops: Duh! I am much too literal.

If that is the case, it does not narrow the field much, does it?

I still think that the common name "Black River Puffer" is applied most often to the Palembang, but that does not help a lot either.
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Post by Feathers&Fins »

lorimac40, did you ever ID that Puff or get a picture?
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Post by lorimac40 »

The guy @ the LFS e-mailed me pictures but I don't know if I can post them w/o his permission, I will e-mail them to anybody who pm's me their e-mail address, I'm 95% sure after seeing his pictures (they're very good pics!) it's a Tetraodon abei.

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