My new puffer! abei or palembangensis?

taly · Post by **taly** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:43 am

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Post by **Hilly** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:05 am

It's not a Palembangensis.

Rocker · Post by **Rocker** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:02 am

abei?

Post by **Hilly** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:09 am

I'm not too sure, there's something about the body colour and the head shape and the spots that doesnt look Abei, but the target spot and the red tinge to the end of the tail fin looks Abei.

sstimac · Post by **sstimac** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:13 am

My puffer taxonomy isn't up to par with most of you folks, but I would say neither. Unfortunately I don't have any ideas what it could be. It sure is beautiful though. I love the patterning and colors.

taly · Post by **taly** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:15 pm

hmm... what is my puffer??

kass · Post by **kass** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:30 pm

Cochinchinensis?

Post by **Corvus** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:34 pm

Juvenile target puffers are difficult to tell apart said Roberts who (in contrast to me) can be called an expert. The original abei all looked like Rocker's abei. They all had orange spots. If the ocellated spot becomes similar to the other spots I'd call him abei, anyway, because the other target puffers (except turgidus who never has an ocellus) have the ocellus all their live. If it had (or would get while growing up) a longer snout I'd call it leiurus. If the snout stays short I'd say cochinchinensis (EDIT: although they are most often said to be green).

Post by **Sean** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 1:47 am

Tetraodon abei

messy_da_legend · Post by **messy_da_legend** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:26 am

looks Identical to my abei here!

Rocker · Post by **Rocker** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:37 am

I still think abei

messy_da_legend · Post by **messy_da_legend** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:46 am

If mine's an abei which I'm 99.9% sure on, then taly's one must be abei too

bsplenden · Post by **bsplenden** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:33 am

I think a picture of the side profile will help.

I too think that it looks like an abei, except that the shape of the head is weird. Perhaps it is just the angle at which the photograph was taken.

taly · Post by **taly** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:53 am

He must be abei...

messy_da_legend · Post by **messy_da_legend** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:40 am

Looking at the top pic next to the shell I can see how he might look a little like a palembangensis but I still say abei

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My new puffer! abei or palembangensis?

My new puffer! abei or palembangensis?