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Freshwater to
Brackish Puffers, Part of the Family Tetraodontidae
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Juvenile Tetraodon lineatus
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Freshwater Puffers by Genus, Species:
Carinotetraodon salivator Lim & Kottelat 1995.
Found in Asia: Sarawak, Malaysia, in relatively fast-moving streams,
around and burrowing in the substrate.
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Chonerhinos amabilis Roberts 1982. Indonesia. To three
inches in length. Feeds on aquatic insect larvae.
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Chonerhinos modestus (Bleeker 1851). Asia: Thailand,
Malaysia and Indonesia. To four inches in length. Eats insect larvae, fish
scales...
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Chonerhinos nefastus Roberts 1982.Asia: Indonesia and
Indochina. To three inches in length.
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Chonerhinos remotus Roberts 1982. Asia: Indonesia. To
two and a half inches in length.
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Chonerhinos asellus Roberts 1982. Asia: Indonesia. To
three inches in length.
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Genus Sphoeroides:
Genus Takifugu: (21 spp.). Mostly brackish to freshwater. Used as
sushi bar "highs"... but don't get too close to death!
| Takifugu ocellatus (Linnaeus 1758). Freshwater,
Brackish. Found in China. Rolf Bandsma photo. |
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Genus Tetraodon: (22spp.) Some brackish, others totally freshwater, a few travel
between both
Tetraodon duboisi Poll
1959. To 8.7 cm. Known only from the Stanley Pool area of the Congo.
Aquarium photo.
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Tetraodon fluviatilis Hamilton 1822, the Ceylon Puffer to aquarists, Green
Puffer to science. Asia: India, Sri
Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Borneo. To six inches in length. A common
Puffer in the aquarium trade, but an aggressive fish fin and scale nipper as adults.
A freshwater to brackish species (higher spg as adults). Feed on crustaceans,
worms, mollusks, algae and detritus in the wild. Second photo on right by
Jeni Tyrell/PufferPunk
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=11270&genusname=Tetraodon&speciesname=fluviatilis |
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Tetraodon leiurus Bleeker 1851, Asian Freshwater
Puffer. Asia: Sundaland, Indochina. Freshwater, brackish; pH range: 7.0; dH
range: 12.0. Sometimes imported and sold as an aquarium fish. A terror in the
way of being a fin nipper.
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Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758, the Fahaka, Lined
Freshwater Puffer. Africa: Nile, Chad basin, Niger, Volta, Gambia, Geba and Sénégal
Rivers. Freshwater, brackish; pH range: 7.0; dH range: 10.0. Infrequently
imported. To seventeen inches in length.
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Tetraodon mbu Boulenger 1899, Mbu Freshwater Puffer.
Africa: widely distributed in Lake Tanganyika and the Congo basin. Freshwater,
brackish. To some twenty six inches in length in the wild. The most commonly
imported freshwater puffer from Africa. This eight inch one in a trade show aquarium.
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Tetraodon miurus Boulenger 1902, the Miurus Freshwater
Puffer. Central Africa: Congo basin. To seven inches. Lays in the sand, waiting
to snatch something for food. Second photo on right by Jeni Tyrell/PufferPunk
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Tetraodon nigroviridis Marion le Proce 1822, the Leopard or Green Spotted
Puffer (aka GSP). Freshwater to Brackish; pH range: 8.0 - 8.0; dH range: 9.0 - 19.0.
Tropical: 24-28 C. Asia: Sundaland,
Indochina, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Probably found in India. Often seen in the trade, but very aggressive.
Should be kept solitarily. Feeds on mollusks, worms, algae and other
fish's scales!
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=7763&genusname=Tetraodon&speciesname=nigroviridis |
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Disease:
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sold (which are actually brackish to marine) are quite susceptible to
infectious and parasitic disease. Without good water quality (consistent,
partial marine conditions) the non-freshwater tetraodonts frequently
succumb to ich (white spot disease, ichthyophthirius), or become plagued
with unsightly lymphocystis. They respond well to common therapies for
all. Shown: an otherwise healthy Tetraodon nigroviridis with ich. |
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
http://www.geocities.com/rubentolon/index.html
Burgess, Warren E. 1983. The Amazon puffer, Colomesus
asellus (Not C. psittacus). TFH 12/83.
Feigs, G. 1957. Tetraodon schoutedeni (Fresh-water
puffers spawn). TFH 9-10/57.
Frank, Stanislav & Jaroslav Elias. 1974. Chonerhinus
naritus. TFH 4/74.
Glass, Spencer. 1997. Freshwater Puffers. TFH 9/97.
Jackson, Lee. 94. Puffers of the genus Chonerhinos.
FAMA 7/94.
Jensen, Christopher. 1993. Pufferfish. FAMA 10/93.
Ladiges. Undated. Puffer Fish. ADI #27.
Nelson, Joseph S. 1994. Fishes of the World. John Wiley &
Sons, NY. 600pp.
Noshnow, Anatoli. 1987. Puffer production: Spawning Tetraodon
cutcutia. TFH 10/87.
Ralf, Ricke. Undated. The striped pufferfish (Tetraodon
palembangensis). ADI #31
Thomas, Scott B. 1985. Those practical fresh-water puffers.
FAMA 5/85.
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