What Fish Is This?

[rarefish]

My mom used to have a fish that looked like this 24 years ago. It's not a puffer that we can tell, but it is a freshwater fish. If it is a puffer, it was not brackish. Anyone know what it is? Thanks!

rarefish

 

[Fishy411]

what a detailed photograph. looks most like a puffer to me. how do you know it wasnt. what did it act like?

 

[Ben]

yep, looks like a freshwater puffer to me

DD

 

[mbhw]

It's clearly the rare and elusive cartoon puffer. I hear they are extinct these days.

 

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[Kajuki18]

could be a flounder

 

[ScoutCarcer]

It's clearly the rare and elusive cartoon puffer. I hear they are extinct these days.

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I agree

 

[Dangerousdan]

MBU

 

[OohFeeshy]

Looks most like a puffer, here, look through these-
http/www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/puffers.htm

Clicky on the ones with FW by them, I'd imagine the ones that don't have hyperlinks aren't as common.

 

[Puffer_freak]

Definately some sort of freshwater puffer, I don't know any other fish, apart from a puffer, that has that distinctive shape. Hmmm...are you sure it's those colours? Could be a Congo puffer. What were it's characteristics?