We got recently a puffer. Previous owner told us that he/she is Tetraodon leiurus, but it doesn't look like one. We have read that Tetraodon leiurus can grow 15 cm and our puffer is 4 years old and only 6-7 cm. It looks more like Tetraodon cutcutia. What do you think? Here is pictures of it.
Is this cutcutia or something else?
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beluga
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Is this cutcutia or something else?
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Re: Is this cutcutia or something else?
Wow.. this is cool! Never seen this b4.. puffer spotlight into the sky again!
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Re: Is this cutcutia or something else?
CORVUS!!!! Lol he will be right along with an identification for you.
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Re: Is this cutcutia or something else?
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Re: Is this cutcutia or something else?
You do mean big puffer spotlight? Don't you
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Re: Is this cutcutia or something else?
Never seen this one before too. Does anybody want to put in a guess??
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Re: Is this cutcutia or something else?
The result of a Fahaka and GSP mating? 
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Re: Is this cutcutia or something else?
To me, the shape of the body and the big eyes suggest that its still a juvenile .. and has potential to grow big. Birdy looked like that when small. With the cute puppy eyes.. strange that when they grow up, the size of their eyes never grew quite the same rate as their overall size.
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Re: Is this cutcutia or something else?
...was offline for the weekend...
It's no M. cutcutia... it lacks the dark target and the spots are wrong, etc. Look here for good M. cutcutia pictures: http://www.somewhereinblog.net/blog/mah ... g/29432175
In my opinion this puffer belongs to M. turgidus, which in fact is sometimes confused with M. cutcutia (for reasons unknown to me). See here for an entire page with M. turgidus pictures, wrongly IDd as M. cutcutia http://www.tsamisaquarium.gr/Selides/Fi ... tcutia.htm . The puffer of this thread, just like the last on the linked page look very similar. The author of the linked page interprets this color mode as defensive colours. I don't totally agree here, but it is true many/all target puffers can change between a mode where the spots are dark and a mode where the spots are bright for whatever reason (M. abei shows this most often).
It's no M. cutcutia... it lacks the dark target and the spots are wrong, etc. Look here for good M. cutcutia pictures: http://www.somewhereinblog.net/blog/mah ... g/29432175
In my opinion this puffer belongs to M. turgidus, which in fact is sometimes confused with M. cutcutia (for reasons unknown to me). See here for an entire page with M. turgidus pictures, wrongly IDd as M. cutcutia http://www.tsamisaquarium.gr/Selides/Fi ... tcutia.htm . The puffer of this thread, just like the last on the linked page look very similar. The author of the linked page interprets this color mode as defensive colours. I don't totally agree here, but it is true many/all target puffers can change between a mode where the spots are dark and a mode where the spots are bright for whatever reason (M. abei shows this most often).
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Re: Is this cutcutia or something else?
Thank's a lot for your help! You're right, our puffer looks exactly like the M. turgidus puffers on your link. Our puffer changes the colour from light green to brownish dark. We think it changes the colour according to the surroundings - he/she is greener when swims freely and darker when he is sleeping on the sand. He is quite active fish, constantly on the move.
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