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can u identify this puffer? please
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:13 am
by Sam8678
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:20 am
by Corvus
Very probably one of the Sphoeroides.
I'd say Spoeroides testudineus from the pics.
Will get 40 cm.
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:53 am
by Pufferpunk
Very cool! Never seen one of those. Was it in SW at the shop?
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:59 am
by kass
Nice looking puffer!
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:39 am
by Sam8678
yes was in SW at pet shop and he was cheap only 18.99 i got him cuz he was cool looking and they didnt know the type he was it say assorted puffers lol
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:43 am
by Pufferpunk
He may not play well with others.
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:04 am
by manutius
Corvus wrote:Very probably one of the Sphoeroides.
I'd say Spoeroides testudineus from the pics.
Will get 40 cm.
I agree, it looks like the one in Eberts Aqualog. Very pretty fish, lets hope it gets on well woth the others
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:53 pm
by Nick
Looks like Sphoeroides maculatus to me, the Northern Puffer. Fishermen used to call them squab, and they were an important food fish until the 60's when they became very scarce. I happen to have researched them because I was considering trying to keep pufferfish local to Long Island at one point, and this is the only one. He's web info on Maculatus puffers:
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/northern_puffer.cfm
If I'm right it will grow to 10-14" and prefer slightly cooler than tropical temperatures.
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:44 pm
by manutius
its hard to tell for sure
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:29 am
by Corvus
S. maculatus has rather vertically elongated blotches.
S. testudineus has polygonal blotches IMO like this puffer.
See:
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/Thumbnai ... hp?ID=1242
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/Thumbnai ... hp?ID=1181
