What kind of puffer?

[olaf]

What kind of puffer is this?
http://www.*****************/images_01/king_kong_puffer.jpg
Common name / Latin name

[MonoSebaelover]

It is the Target or Twinspot Puffer (I have a smaller guy), am trying to remember scientific Tetraodon leiurus, thats it. Hope this helps. They are EXTREMELY nasty. Mine killed a male Soclofi Cichlid. Nasty sucker!

[Pufferpunk]

Nope, it is the humpback, or black river puffer (t palembangensis). A FW puffer, not very active except when food's around. It is peaceful, not very agressive, easy-to-keep, interesting species that can be kept w/others of the same type (t suvattii) and/or fishes of other species that can look after themselves (e.g. large armoured catfishes). Spawns in captivity (a friend in Singapore is enjoying that).

(Taken from Ebert's book)

[Hebdizzle]

heres that same picture, about halfway down.... called the kingkong puffer


http://www.*****************/catalog_pages/brackish_water/puffer_figure_eight.htm


aaron

[RTR]

At least the site Hebdizzle refs does give the real name of both the T. suattii and T. palembangensis, which is in itself remarkable. But King Kong indeed - we do not need another made-up common name for a puffer.

Not very active is over-stating the activity level IME. All but totally inert except when food is offered is closer to the case. They are a very effective predator which does not require much food or maintenance in relation to its size, due exactly to that low level of activity.

I would love to try breeding these puffers myself - their "look" is unusual, their inactivity is also unusual in realtion to the commoner active hunters, and they seem easy to keep.

[Pufferpunk]

Fish stores just make names up as they go. That's why it's so important to get the scientific names of fish.

[olaf]

I totally agree!!!!!
D*** it learn the fish if you are going to be selling them!
I can't wait until they have to start using L numbers or something like that.
One common name one latin name and THAT IS IT!

Like the local fish here in Lake Michigan, they call a freshwater drum a sheepshead and a bowfin called a dogfish. From reading books and watching the Discovery chanel I know a sheep head is salt water and usually has black and red stipe markings and a dogfish is a small type of shark and can be found in the Saint Lawernce Seaway.

http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/images/Apgru_u0.jpg
freshwater drum

http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/images/Amcal_u0.jpg
bowfin

[Pufferpunk]

Wow, that bowfin is beautiful! Is that in Lake Michigan too? How come when I dive the lake all I see are boring crayfish?! :mad:

[MonoSebaelover]

The dogfish also commonly refers to some Sweetlip species in saltwater.

[olaf]

They are in shallow water with lots of cover.
Inland lakes mostly.