The Puffer Forum

Sorry about the crummy cell phone pics. We just got these puffers from India and have no idea what they are. They were sold to us as pure freshwater and a new species that "no one else has". Can anyone help?

http://goo.gl/X2tHbj

C. patoca. Don't get confused by what the net shows you when you search for this name.

For details please see here:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13095

and

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23853

Well, that makes it clear...er...?
I had found a milk spot picture that looked like these guys, but so many others didn't that I was concerned about mislabeled images.
These threads do a good job of clarifying that, thank you!

Though this may be a problem as we're only equipped to handle freshwater fish...

Again, thank you.

You're welcome. Taxonomists definitely need to take care of those spotted Chelonodon species.

They have mis sold you the fish, if you wish to stick to f/w return it and demand a refund. It's not fair on you or the fish if you are not equipped to look after it

yeah... I'd be like eff yeah take that thing back cept I'm not technically inquiring as a consumer but rather as a wholesale importer... so it was the SE Asia exporter who made the false claim and shipping alone probably... is not worth demanding a return/refund. We'd be better off salting them up.