The Puffer Forum

Hi folks,
I havent posted for some time, not since I introduced you all to my Golden Meleagris. I have obtained another puffer recently, and I am unsure of the exact species. I was assured by the seller, via e.mail, that the fish was a Meleagris. Now he has arrived, I am unsure. If he is indeed a Meleagris, he will live in a separate system to the Golden. If you are all convinced he is a different species, then he will share the same system as the Golden. Here is a picture of the Golden and him for comparison.
Let me know what you think, thanks for your time.

He looks like a dogface, Arothron nigropunctatus.

The nigropunctatus is one of the possibilities that I had considered, but he is lacking the tell-tale white mask over the bridge of the snout. All the other nigropunctatus I have seen have that characteristic.

The upper picture shows an Arothron meleagris, the second picture definitely shows an Arothron nigropunctatus, a species that is quite variable in terms of coloration.

PS: But that does not mean the A. nigropunctatus will automatically get along fine with the A. meleagris!