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Black River Puffer *Pictures*
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:28 am
by lorimac40
Hi All,
The local pet store has a puffer they call a black river puffer, anyone know what kind of puffer that is ? Its kinda a gray color with some dots about 2" long, I'm thinking it may be a Tetraodon duboisi.
Lori
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:04 am
by Rocker
I wish it was but I doubt it.
Palembangensis have been called black river puffers
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:59 am
by Bred
I've seen Fahakas go by this name as well.
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:19 am
by Pufferpunk
I saw a Fang's labeled as one too. Can you get a pic? Or go to
http://www.pufferlist.com & look there.
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:01 am
by lorimac40
I really can't ID from a photo, (s)he was very timid and was hiding the pet store guy moved a rock so a could see him/her, muddy gray w darker spots and blue eyes, definitely a lurker wild guess would be tet. turgidis. If anyone is in the Minneapolis/St Paul area pm me for location, they also have a suvattii for $30 and some really cool looking GSPs that are almost all white w/black dots and a splash of lime green across the top. I'm out of town this weekend and will try to get a picture next week if (s)he's still there.
Lori
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:49 am
by Pufferpunk
T turgidus have red eyes.
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:42 am
by lorimac40
Hi again-
I haven't had time to get back out there to get a picture, but he/she been on my mind, I called and the store owner said its a tetraodon tidae, I can't find anything on that name.
Lori
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:28 pm
by RTR
I can't find anthing by that name either.
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:52 am
by Feathers&Fins
lorimac40 wrote:I called and the store owner said its a tetraodon tidae, I can't find anything on that name.
LOL! It is all one word — Tetraodontidae… That is the Family Puffers are in. You need the Genus and Species. *jabs RTR in side*
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:14 am
by fatpuffer
LOL...now i get it!!! I feel dumb
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:48 am
by Rocker
Yep missed it too!!!
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:13 am
by lorimac40
Sorry
The owner spelled it out as 2 words I even called back and said I couldn't find any info and checked the spelling! I will try to get out there soon and get a picture.
Lori
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:59 am
by RTR
Duh! I am much too literal.
If that is the case, it does not narrow the field much, does it?
I still think that the common name "Black River Puffer" is applied most often to the Palembang, but that does not help a lot either.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:17 pm
by Feathers&Fins
lorimac40, did you ever ID that Puff or get a picture?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:15 am
by lorimac40
The guy @ the LFS e-mailed me pictures but I don't know if I can post them w/o his permission, I will e-mail them to anybody who pm's me their e-mail address, I'm 95% sure after seeing his pictures (they're very good pics!) it's a Tetraodon abei.
Lori