The Puffer Forum

I was in my LFS the other day, and they had a puffer I had not seen before (this isn't the first time they've had them, either). They labeled it as a "gulf puffer" - although, upon doing research, I find that it looks nothing like a puffer. I, regrettably, did not take a picture at the time--but I remember thinking that "it [looked] kind of like a GSP!". I think it is of the genus Sphoeroides, but am not sure what species. Possibly, a sphoeroides greeleyi? or sphoeroides maculatus? Has anyone ever kept any fish from this genus? Or know of any other fish that it could be (without a pic...sorry)? Anyone know anything about their habitat, size, success at captivity, etc.?

Thanks, (gotta sign off to clean the kitchen!)
Jessica

Browse through the pufferpedia and see if you see anything that looks like it.

Already did....that's the best ideas I've got.

A search at fishbase.org gives this fish as gulf puffer.

And here you have a list of all puffers of the same genus.

But if it's a puffer they often have in a LFS, I would suspect it to be a GSP. Rare puffers are rare...

A picture would really be useful for an ID.

I'll take a pictuer the next time I'm at the store; but it's few and far between as it's almost an hour away. It wasn't a GSP. Besides the fact that I know my puffers well enough to know that much, it was in the marine section at about 2".
Thanks for the thought though.
Jessica