my fahaka was about 1" and had full striping. the pustulatus looks like a mix of mbu and fahaka not marbled not striped and has the red spots on the flank.
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my fahaka is 5-6" and has the full striping, but at times can look completely marbled so it has alot to do with the fishes mood. the puffer in the pics obviously has the full striping like the fahaka but also has the red spots.
Here are some links to some discussions on the pufferforum. This one is a picture of a Juvenile Lineatus that shows very similar markings as your fish. Here is another discussion about identifying Pustulatus. Here is a third one with a few different sets of pictures.
Will be interesting to see what your fish looks like after it gets to be a bit older
Will be interesting to see what your fish looks like after it gets to be a bit older
Still dun understand who is right haha
well it is for sale and I bought it...got a label as T.fahaka but sometime label might be wrong...it size is only 1" picture make it look big...perhap the spot will fade when it grow bigger???
More info guys...great help...I very newbie to keep puffer...
there's been a debate on this topic already. i've imported fish just like the ones above with the spots and stripes, and i've kept pustulatus over 6 years ago already and fahaka, if you look in my picture thread, there are pictures and examples of both, and ones like you posted as well.
the SPECULATION is they're either:
hybrids of fahaka / pustulatus
geographical variations of either species
a 3rd species neither fahaka or pustulatus
or sexual dimorphism of either specie
if i get a chance, i'll try to dig up the old pictures of the ones i imported about 3 years ago. well, the ones i ended up selling about 10 pcs, to Oddball on this board, and he said they all grew up and turned out like regular fahakas.
However, I did receive a few pustulatus in the past, and one specimen outgrew all the rest and had stripes and spots on it, it was 12" when it died, but the rest in the group were heavily spotted, it seems that in pustulatus there are lots of variations.
Neither one of these are very closely related to tetradon mbu, nor their distribution.
Pustulatus have a very limited range where its found, but fahaka is widely distributed in the W. African rivers, and OVERLAPS pustulatus, and often mistaken for such from fisherman!!!
the SPECULATION is they're either:
hybrids of fahaka / pustulatus
geographical variations of either species
a 3rd species neither fahaka or pustulatus
or sexual dimorphism of either specie
if i get a chance, i'll try to dig up the old pictures of the ones i imported about 3 years ago. well, the ones i ended up selling about 10 pcs, to Oddball on this board, and he said they all grew up and turned out like regular fahakas.
However, I did receive a few pustulatus in the past, and one specimen outgrew all the rest and had stripes and spots on it, it was 12" when it died, but the rest in the group were heavily spotted, it seems that in pustulatus there are lots of variations.
Neither one of these are very closely related to tetradon mbu, nor their distribution.
Pustulatus have a very limited range where its found, but fahaka is widely distributed in the W. African rivers, and OVERLAPS pustulatus, and often mistaken for such from fisherman!!!
i know mbu is not a close reletive of fahaka i was regarding the pattern. i also agree that i could even be a regional/hybrid diffference but it does not appaer to be typical fahaka fashion.
were those the ones at clmti?
i think those were fahaka if im right.
but they didnt have the spots.
just stripy.
how much they?
i think those were fahaka if im right.
but they didnt have the spots.
just stripy.
how much they?
