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Hello,

can someone help me identify if this is a tetraodon nigroviridis or tetraodon fluvialitis?



Thanks in advance

Definitely a Tetraodon Nigroviridis

yes indeed, tetraodon fluvialitis have a saddle across their backs, rather than spots...



tetraodon fluvialitis (above)



tetraodon nigroviridis (above)

Thank you very much. I was almost sure it was a nigroviridis, but I bought it as a fluvialitis.

is he yours?

t1gerbee wrote:is he yours?

Yes, I have 2. This is one of them.

Just wanted to be sure about the exact species to learn all I can about them. In the shop they were in fresh water, so now I wan to add some salt slowly to have them in brackish water.

Either way, the two species are basically the same. Ceylons (fluvialitis) growly marginally larger than GSPs (nigroviridis). Otherwise, they prefer almost identical water conditions.

Check out the article on them in our Library, for care & feeding.