Puffer ID?

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Puffer ID?

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I found this picture on a blog, http://tidechaser.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html and I don't know what it is. According to the blog, it was caught at Pulau Ubin, Chek Jawa, Singapore in marine water.

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I have no idea what it is. Checked pufferpedia, fishbase and a puffer species list I own. Could this be the elusive Javichthys kailolae?
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Re: Puffer ID?

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Wow, you find the weirdest puffers!
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Pufferpunk wrote:Wow, you find the weirdest puffers!
tss...thanks!!!
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Re: Puffer ID?

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Probably a small, terribly frightend Arothron immaculatus:

See here:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11400&p=116054&hili ... us#p116054

and

http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Photos/Pic ... s&TotRec=6

Not a deep water species like the one you suggested.
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Re: Puffer ID?

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Update: I found another picture of what seems to be the same species on the same website:

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Ithink you are right in saying it is Arothron immaculatus:

http://www.wildsingapore.com.sg/wildfil ... r-dan.html

"Two cute little pufferfishes were also seen. They were probably the Yelloweye puffer (Arothron immaculatus), which we've not seen before!"
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