New puffer sp ID (from India)

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Looks like a Mbu puffer.. but the snout does appear to be overly elongated. Subspecies?
 
I'm almost sure its some type of Marine Puffer, although cant be sure excatly which one...

I'm guessing it some type of Takifugu...

Maybe T. Paradlis / T.Stictonotus???

Although im definitely not as familiar with marine / brackish as i am with freshwater puffers...

Guessing we will need Oddball Oddball or one of the other more knowledgeable guys to chime in...
 
I tried matching up with some marine puffers and so far haven't been able to find a match. They are fairly large like around 10"-11" and doing well in FW. I'm contemplating to get one and mix with some other fish but not sure yet. Hope they aren't aggressive like fahakas.
 
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^ looking at the fins etc, i could tell this was no small puffer, but definitely has me stumped???

I also looked at a few marine species which is where i got those two name, since the others i looked at didnt seem to have the same type of spot markings...

Then again, its hard to say if this is his stressed out colors...
 
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