Puffer Id, Please.

[cometcattle]

Can anybody tell me what kind of puffer this is?

The fish is almost 8".

 

[chris_1127]

looks like colomesus psittacus from the pics ive seen of that fish - never seen one in the flesh though so could be wrong...

 

[Pufferpunk]

Looks like a dogface or hairy puffer... opps, that's a dog! LOL!

No really, it's a Takifugu rubipes. The puffer most commonly eaten as "fugu".

 

[chris_1127]

aherm ) did i say "could" be wrong?? meant "probably"....

 

[cometcattle]

Thanks for the ID.

I saw this fish the other day at a LFS. They were asking $139.00 (I think) for him.

 

[Pufferpunk]

That's a ridiculous price. Do you think folks in Japan would eat them if they weren't cheap & commonly available?

 

[hairyadam]

looks a bit like a figure 8 puffer to me

probably wrong though!



puffer fish

 

[Pufferpunk]

You are correct about your being wrong.