The Puffer Forum

ive done lots and lots of research for a couple of months now but just wondered having looked at lots of puffers ,with the porkys you dont seem to see there beak like teeth yet with all the others ie dog face and stars + stripes you can see them quite clearly
anybody know why that is?thanks in advance
or have i just been looking at porkys that have had plenty of shell food?lol

Porks are Diodon puffers - two teeth, as opposed to Tetraodon, four toothed. They don't seem to have as much beak growth, and as a result, the teeth are less visible and overgrowth is less likely.

I have never seen a problem with diodons with overgrown beak....just not physically/anatomically possible.

ok thanks that explains it
are there any other diodon puffers?
thanks

The most common, and probably best suited for living in an aquarium would be Diodon holocanthus, the common porcupine puffer. Another option would be the Diodon hystrix, although they are not very well suited for aquarium life because they get huge (up to 3ft).

At least 22 species in the family Diodontidae. Have a look here:

http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/identifica ... N=13750362

Do the teeth self-wear since they meet so evenly? I've been wondering exactly why the two toothed puffers don't seem to ever overgrow.