The Puffer Forum

Hello everyone,

I have kept quite a few puffer species over the years including a recent brief and disastrous ownership of a sick Mbu However, I have again been bitten by the puffer bug and started looking for a species I haven't kept before and came across the two mentioned in the title. Apparently they are pretty rare and basically can't find any for sale anywhere. I am in the UK- just how rare are these and what would I be expected to pay for one? Cheers, Ben

Here in the uk you are pretty much out of luck with those two, I will put my feelers out and see what I can dig up

T. duboisi is very rare, but occured maybe 10 years ago. I guess it would cost a few hundred bucks (>200 pounds) per specimen.

The real T. schoutedeni has not been seen a long time, neither in trade nor in science. No price tag therefore.

You'd be better off looking for a baileyi. Really cool fish & great coloration.
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