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THE PUFFERFISH

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Puffer
We are combining puffers, boxfish, and Porcupinefish because they have similar requirements and are closely related (they all belong to the same order, Tetraodontiformes, which also includes triggerfish.

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porcupine puffer
green-spotted puffer
dogface puffer
picasso trigger
Australian sand puffer
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Freshwater Puffers
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Maybe it's the cute wide-eyed ET look or maybe it's the way they hover in the water like a water-logged bumblebee. Whatever the reason, puffers have always been my favorite fish. Being a puffer fan, I have spent many hours searching for information on brackish and freshwater puffers. In that time I have found little and often conflicting information.
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Freshwater and Brackish Puffers
There are many varieties of Puffer Fish and listed here you will find most of the freshwater/brackish kinds.

Red-eye Puffer
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tetraodon lorteti
WATER CONDITIONS: Freshwater
TEMPERATURE: 24C to 28C
LOCATION: Eastern India and
AVERAGE SIZE: 2.5" - 3"
pH: 6.5
TEMPERAMENT: Aggressive. I have noticed that these puffers are one nasty fish and should be kept alone.
NOTES: These are one of the smaller freshwater puffers. The male and female are easy to tell apart because in some cases the female is lighter in colour, and as for the male he is darker in colour. Red-eyed puffers prefer soft, acidic water. There have been a number of people trying to breed these fish, and most of the time this resulted in death for one of the puffers.

Pufferfish
dogfaced puffer fish (Arothron nigropunctatus)
green spotted puffer (Tetraodon nigrifilis)
jewel puffer (Canthigaster solandri)
leopard puffer (Tetraodon nigrifilis)
porcupine puffer (Diodon holacanthus)
spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris)
spotted puffer (Tetraodon nigrifilis)
spotted yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus)
striped puffer (Arothron manilensis)
valentine puffer (Canthigaster valentini)
yellow boxfish (Tetrosomus gibbosus

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Puffers, Boxfish and Porcupinefish
Family: Triodontidae (Three-toothed Puffer)
Family: Tetraodontidae (Puffers)
Family: Ostraciidae (Boxfish)
Family: Diodontidae (Porcupinefish
We are combining puffers, boxfish, and Porcupinefish because they have similar requirements and are closely related (they all belong to the same order, Tetraodontiformes, which also includes triggerfish).

All of these fish, excluding the single species family, Triodontidae, are found in most of the tropical oceans of the world. Triodontidae is found in the Indo-West Pacific. Puffers, boxfish, and Porcupinefish are all very hardy aquarium residents that like to eat meaty foods. They love to eat, so if you like to feed fish, think about getting these kinds of fish! They generally move kind of awkwardly using their pectoral fins for locomotion and the tail fin only in case of emergency or newly arrived food. They are usually very interesting fish to observe and are quite unusual in appearance.

Fishes of Hawai'i
Family Tetraodontidae - puffers

The Pufferfish Web Site
Pufferfish have smaller sized genomes compared to other vertebrates. As a result their genomes are "mini" models for vertebrates. Typically, only a small part of the genome comprise the genes. The genes are translated into products responsible for the properties of living organisms. Compared with other vertebrates, the puffer fish genomes have a higher proportion of genes and a lower proportion of "junk DNA". Biologists have not defined all the functional parts of the human genome, and the Fugu genome is proving useful as a comparative tool to help find functional regions in human DNA. Some of the junk DNA (ie., the DNA outside the genes) have function, ie., "not all junk is rubbish". For example, some of these regions are known to influence the rate at which genes become functional. The Fugu genome and its annotation can be probed to hunt for regions in the genome likely to be functional.

Giant Puffer
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tetradon mbu
WATER CONDITIONS: Freshwater
TEMPERATURE: 24C to 26C
LOCATION: Middle and lower Congo river
AVERAGE SIZE: Can reach to become 2-3 feet
pH: 7.5
TEMPERAMENT: Aggresive, but in some cases the mbu has been kept in community tanks.
NOTES: The giant puffer is one of the largest freshwater puffers known to man. Personaly I woulden't put anything with my T. mbu but some day I plan on adding some fish to his tank and see what he will do.

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