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cdawson
06-07-2003, 5:52 PM
Has anyone seen the common toadfish available in the hobby? I would pay good money for one of these!
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/thamiltoni.htm
rjl420
06-08-2003, 6:59 AM
my LFS that specializes in exotics had something labled as a toadfish but it didn't look anything like that, after looking it up, I think it was actually a stone fish, it was more boxy looking.
I've never seen anything that looked like that and was called toadfish at my LFS.
cdawson
06-08-2003, 12:52 PM
I've never even heard of them before till I saw that article and I jumped out of my seat. I want one bad now! =)
MonoSebaelover
06-08-2003, 2:38 PM
It looks more like a sand puffer. The one in the picture. I haven't read the article yet but that is not a toadfish. FW toadfish look like a saltwater stonefish. Actually the true fw toadfish requires at least brackish and thrives in saltwater. I will try and find sci name.
Tetractenos hamiltoni
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/images/thamiles2.jpg
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/images/thamiltoni2.jpg
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/images/thamiltlat2.jpg
Its called a Common Toadfish in OZ (Australian).
Link to Sand Puffer:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6176/sandpuffer.html
cdawson
06-09-2003, 11:48 AM
that can't be it, the two don't even look alike other than they're puffers. The one I asked about had more of a rounded body, whereas the sand puffer had a flatter body for hiding in the sand.