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Sounds like some sort of Puffer or something... I'm not really sure what it could be...:%)

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it did look like a puffer!

But it was 1 and a half feet long

Many puffers get that big, so it doesn't quite help with identification very much.:%)

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

I saw this fish at Atlantis aquariums yesterday. MAN what an UGLY fish.

There was a sign on the tank that said "no fingers" and I could see why. Its mouth looked like it could be used as a bolt cutter.

Time for ascii drawing!

Teeth Kinda looked like:
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-buck teeth on top and triangular pointy teeth below
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It had a kind of reef shark looking scale pattern and had a boxy head. Anyone know what this ugly fish is?

PS: I had to put braces on these teeth as the ascii was mucking up.



Last edited by Troy_Mclure at 10-Oct-2004 18:12

I was thinking maybe a boxfish but as we have found out what it is I a bit late.

Boxfish are related to Puffers right?

I've been told that you need rock in the tank for teh puffer to trim it's teeth. Otherwise they get to big. I've also heard you can trim it's teeth with a finger nail clipper. That sounds kind of hard.



Dan

It's possible that its teeth were overgrown. Which is not good for the puffer.

Still gotta say though that the one at the shop had way bigger teath and a boxier head.

http://www.edge-of-reef.com/tetraodontidi/TETArothronstellatusen.htm
Scroll to the bottom...Those young stellatus look pretty cute ^__^

that looks like it.

It didn't look like this did it?

click me

haha before i got to the bottom of the page while i was reading i was gonna say that it was probably a dog faced puffer my uncle had one of them in his tank once and from the buck tooth expression it reminded me of it

kind of looks like a giant puffer. I just phoned the store and they said it was a dog faced puffer.

if it was a flatish shape its could be a giant puffer

If you can post a pic, I can try and ID it for you ...

Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

Thats the one mangor32, went there last weekend. I went to call you to say I was going to be in your area but found out that I have the wrong number in my phone.

O, you mean the yellowish one in the "U" shaped tank?

Troy, pick up a copy of Burgess' Mini-Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes. Look toward the back of the huge selection of colour plates where the puffers are. There's about 35 species listed & illustrated. Then see which of those your puffer looks like.

"Big and butt-ugly" suggests an Arothron species to me, because these can exceed 2 feet with ease. Oh, and they DO have teeth like bolt cutters! These things can bite through an arm into the bone when fully grown, which combined with their inflation capability (causing the dermal spines to become erect in the process) and toxic skin and internal organs makes them a less than palatable prospect for most other fishes.

Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

Atlantis aquarium where???

EDIT: nvm..it's def. not the one I'm thinking of, unless you decided to visit NY from Oz

Last edited by FerretFanatic at 10-Oct-2004 20:29

-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

OK I'll mane it: 'The box headed buck toothed ugly puffer'