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Identify this for me please!

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Can anyone identify this puffer for me?

Common name?
fw, bw, or sw?
captivity size(max)?

Thank you

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You need to upload the photos from your computer.
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That would appear to be a Tetraodon lineatus, or fahaka puffer to me. Check the PufferPedia under freshwater puffers.

Absolutely gorgeous, too, I love the tail! Looks like my Linus' tail. :)
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I've never seen a Fahaka at that stage of coloring.

The spots around the head and face say otherwise?

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I think the coloration/patterns can vary. Mine has spots on the top, whereas I've seen many that only have lines.

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Hopefully someone else can help with the ID, I'm by no means an expert.
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I believe there are several morphs of the fahaka, depending on where they are caught.
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I'm just questioning the spots around the head and face ant lateral lines seem different. i'm just baffelled!?!?
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how big is it?

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????????
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Post by OraLacerta »

What size... as in what length is it?
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Post by Corvus »

See

http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/vie ... 58&start=0

for a discussion on a similar colored specimen.
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My puffer or the the pic?

Boy this is getting confusing!!lol
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Dare I say T. Pustulatus? Especially in the second picture :?
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Post by Hilly »

It could be a Pustulatus.
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Post by manutius »

They are pretty rare aren't they? Its some find if it is one and looks a lot like this pic doesn't it 8)

http://www.thepufferforum.com/ug/main.p ... alNumber=3
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