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I think this is M. cochinchinensis aka Fang's puffer

With that red target spot, I'd agree with Corvus. Doesn't look to have the long snout, either.

Wow thats really cool because I couldn't find a fang puffer anywhere in the seattle area. I'll go check him out today or tomorrow and maybe add him to my puffer collection I'm really excited. I like a little mystery from a puffer before I buy one. Pictures to come when I can get my camera back from my friend (he used my camera to take a picture of that fang!)

Thanks for helping Corvus and PP!

Oh here's another mystery puffer. They call it "Oscellated Puffer". I did a search on pufferpedia, and I think it could be some kind of Takifugu puffer. Sorry for the bad pics. I can get more pics if needed. The pics show red eyes, but I really remember seeing black eyes and black target spot. There was a white underbelly and their backs were mainly light black with dark black ink spots.


http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/3173/dscn1652e.jpg
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http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4567/dscn1654k.jpg
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http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1341/dscn1656o.jpg
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almost resembles a figure 8 to me, but I'm not a puffer expert.

Looks like a Fang's. A clear pic would help.

Sorry the last pictures are much too blurry to see any important characters.

Here are some better pics

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http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/2586/dscn1703ld.jpg
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http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6324/dscn1707r.jpg
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/3579/dscn1708cc.jpg
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/2625/dscn1709e.jpg

If the above puffer will get too big, then I will stick to the fangs puffer



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Like I said, Fangs.

Yes. M. cochinchinensis (the one in the picture in the post). But the linked pictures show M. cutcutica.

Corvus wrote:Yes. M. cochinchinensis (the one in the picture in the post). But the linked pictures show M. cutcutica.

Oh really? I also have a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8vFKtjF11c

What does Monotrete and Tetraodon mean? Pufferpedia says T. Cutcutica.
If its just a common puffer, then does it mean that these guys are very common to find? This might explain why they were very inexpensive to buy.

They're (or were) common where they live, but not in trade in general.

Tetraodon and Monotrete are different genera. You can think of this category as folder where species are put in to sort them. The species cutcutia has more similarity with regard to a number of characters with Monotrete spp. Therefore, I think it should be put there. However, the more conservative view of this issue is to put it into Tetraodon. I'm confident, though, in future scientific publications you will find them as M. cutcutia.

Beware: I have a another spelling error in the post above: it's cutcutia NOT cutcutica. I tend to hit the c too often at this species...