Sand Puffer

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Does anyone know anything about Sand puffers???? I'm looking for info on them.

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So I still can't find much info on them but I did find a freshwater puffer (Congo puffer) that looks a lot like it.....but it came to AI in a saltwater order. Maybe they're related somehow On the plus side the sand puffer is eating well and seems healthy

Congo puffer pic


Info on congo puffers
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/tetraodon-miurus/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_pufferfish

Any thoughts????

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Did some more searching and went back to the one site http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/...hp?f=2&t=27907 I found some info from and they thought it was maybe a Takifugu pardalis/panther puffer.


http://www.fishdb.com/db/salt/specim...her_Puffer.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takifugu

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Apparently I will answer my own questions given enough time. Ron had part of a scientific name for me so I did some variations of it (he was working off memory) and I think I found it torquigener hypselogeneion or at least it's what I think it came in as.



Can't find much info on them
Juvi


http://www.qualitymarine.com/Product...logeneion/Sand

http://www.pufferforum.net/index.php?id=torquigener&no_cache=1&tx_lkfishlist_ pi1[test]=test&tx_lkfishlist_pi1[showUid]=265&tx_lkfishlist_pi1[pictureView]=15

There is also a Torquigener florealis which is pretty similar


http://www.marinelifephotography.com...-florealis.htm