N0body Of The Goat
Oddball and African riverine fish keeper
Just came across a new listing on the Kesgrave Tropicals ebay store which caught my eye...
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I've not been able to come up with a great deal of information online, mainly because they have been absent from the hobby for 20+ years apparently, due to the political unrest in the Democratic Replublic of Congo. They appear to stay reasonably small at ~10cm, but more intrestingly, they are supposedly quite mild mannered for puffers. While appearing to not be social like South American Puffers, are they a reasonable puffer to mix with fast tankmates?
What I find a little disturbing/confusing is that Kesgrave appear to have used a photo that identifies one of the two similar looking members of the genus, in an article about how to identify T. schoutedeni from T. fluviatilis (Green Puffer) and T. nigroviridis (Green Spotted Puffer)...
http/puffernet.tri.../confusion.html <<----
(link above is blending into background for some reason)
Certainly might be something for any puffer fans to follow up with the store, getting a photo of the actual fish, as the real T. schoutedeni is unique in having backward facing spines that can be seen on the belly (even when not puffed up).
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/cgi.ebay.co.u...e=STRK:MEWAX:ITI've not been able to come up with a great deal of information online, mainly because they have been absent from the hobby for 20+ years apparently, due to the political unrest in the Democratic Replublic of Congo. They appear to stay reasonably small at ~10cm, but more intrestingly, they are supposedly quite mild mannered for puffers. While appearing to not be social like South American Puffers, are they a reasonable puffer to mix with fast tankmates?
What I find a little disturbing/confusing is that Kesgrave appear to have used a photo that identifies one of the two similar looking members of the genus, in an article about how to identify T. schoutedeni from T. fluviatilis (Green Puffer) and T. nigroviridis (Green Spotted Puffer)...
http
/puffernet.tri.../confusion.html <<----(link above is blending into background for some reason)
Certainly might be something for any puffer fans to follow up with the store, getting a photo of the actual fish, as the real T. schoutedeni is unique in having backward facing spines that can be seen on the belly (even when not puffed up).
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