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Old 10-02-2011, 12:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 10-02-2011, 05:03 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: fish ID needed

My first thought was mudfish, but it looks closer to a pleco... The fins are weird, though. Where was this picture taken, in a river or a pond? Or is it a saltwater fish? I couldn't find any fish like it on a web search...
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Old 10-02-2011, 06:04 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: fish ID needed

To me it has the head of a puffer.
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Looks to me like a pignose puffer.
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Old 10-02-2011, 06:44 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: fish ID needed

It does look like a Pig Nose Puffer (aka Arrow Head Puffer): Pignose Puffer, Arrowhead Puffer, Mekong Puffer, Tetraodon suvattii

But it also has some qualities that are slightly different..... is this a fish that you just brought home?
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It does look like a Pig Nose Puffer (aka Arrow Head Puffer): Pignose Puffer, Arrowhead Puffer, Mekong Puffer, Tetraodon suvattii

But it also has some qualities that are slightly different..... is this a fish that you just brought home?
I agree, it could be, but I can't be sure. I am sure it's a puffer! It would help to have more info about the fish: How big is it? Where is it from? Is it FW?
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It was nibbling near the shore of Merritt Island, FL.
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Ah, so its salt water? That explains why we couldn't id it. It reminds me of a puffer I once found dead on the beach. I'll look it up, can't remember what it was called.
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Old 10-22-2011, 05:48 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Default Re: fish ID needed

Honestly, it looks like a cross between a puffer fish and a pleco? Front like a puffer tail like a pleco. I am in a mission now!
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How big is this fish?
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