puffer ID help please..
puffer ID help please..
A local shop has got some new puffers in.. I am struggling to identify what the puffer is..please can anybody help?
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Re: puffer ID help please..
A dubiosi? Looks like the pictures of a dubiosi but they are so rare and this shop has three of these so it can't be
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Corvus
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Certainly no Tetraodon duboisi. Probably Pao leiurus or a closely related Asian, long snouted target puffer species.
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks.
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turgidus possibly? are turgidus rare/expensive?
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Corvus
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Re: puffer ID help please..
No turgidus. The snout ist too long.
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks.
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pufferjw
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Re: puffer ID help please..
Agreed. Duboisis are rounder and more colorful. If I had to put my money on a specific species, I'd have to go with Tetraodon Barbatus.
220 Gallon - 1 Super White Leopoldi Stingray
55 Gallon Planted - No Fish
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preston143
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Pao leiurus or Pao barbatus is my guess.
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StinkyPete
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Gorgeous.
Can you get him on video?
The more we put out, the more we can square this ID stuff away for the future readers.
I have 2 Turgidus that about 100% positive turgidus and look different than your specimen photo.
The Pao leiurus comment has more relation in looks to the body.
My leiurus is a great puffer.
How much do they want for this little guy?
If you don't take it, feel free to give us a heads up on the shop.
We can bookmark it when we look for puffers. Sometimes it leads to more good information.
Google only leads us to only a few shops that advertise puffers even if your in the UK.
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hadla
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This is 7 months old
Never trust big puffers. The fingers you save may be your own. -RTR
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WileyPuffer
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I would have to guess i would also say Pao Leiurus. One that will be in my collection in the future