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[piccasotrigger]

This really sucks. I went to the LFS today and saw 3 tiny porcupines that were bright yellow with dots all over. They were labeled Green spotted porcupine. I got excited thinking that it might be some new hybrid but now am starting to think it might just be a tiny porky. Does anyone have any pics of tiny porks?. Do they have lots of dots and look similar to the green spotteds? how come tiny porcupines are never seen? I tried finding pics of tiny porcupines on the net and didnt find one.

 

[squirreloso]

maybe its a spotted boxfish? also goes by the name striped burrfish
its close relation to a porc

 

[dragonzim]

Striped burrfish are usually green with blue-ish squiggles on them, not yellow with dots. I had one for a while until he outgrew my tank.

 

[piccasotrigger]

Yea im pretty positive this is not a burrfish. I know its a porky but has a lot of spots and is really tiny. I will try and post a pic

 

[piccasotrigger]

Here are the pics. they are not that good of quality but i did it on a camera phone.

 

[rslinger]

that kinda looks like the green-spotted puffer. Is it red? I have never seen a red one but maybe that is just the picture. If it is a green spotted puffer they start life as a freshwater fish, make the move to brackish, and to full salt when adults. That is what i know about them and they don't get very big i believe.

 

[piccasotrigger]

it does look like a green spotted huh? but it has the porcupine spines. both also have the little design the porcupines have on the top of its head

 

[surfinusa]

Could it be a tiny porcky puffer that was dyed red

 

[piccasotrigger]

I forgot to add the light in the tank is red thats why it apears red. The color of them is yellow green, with a white belly

 

[rslinger]

The light thing is what I figured when looking at it. I could see the yellow in the pic. You say it has spines like the porky. Huh have you looked at a pic of the greenspot after it changes to adult and full saltwater. Maybe they grow spines. I have only seen them as juv in freshwater.

 

[piccasotrigger]

yea ive seen the adult green spotted and no spines. also these cant be adults there tiny tiny.

 

[texasmetal]

Looks just like my Green Spot. He's over 2 years old, about 5 inches. No spikes. Just spots.

 

[myreef05]

sounds like the green spotted puffer (brackish water)

 

[piccasotrigger]

wow this is really trippy. I guess maybe there some kind of mix. Ive owned many green spotted puffers and am 1000 percent sure its not one,but do think it looks very similar it looks to me like half porky half green spotted. Im not sure how this could have happened but it appears it may have.

 

[michaeltx]

I think its a spotted congo puffer very simliar to the figure 8 puffers except they have spines like the porky puffers.
The T. Shoutedeni is very similar in appearance to the Tetraodon nigrifilis and is often soft with or as one of these puffers. The main distinguishing feature between them is it that the T. shoutedeni is covered in small spines - although not around the mouth
Mike

 

[zdthompson]

at first i thought burrfish ( almost got one yesterday) butt when i saw it its a green spotted. i had 2 when i was a kid. made the mistake of useing table salt thoguht ( i was a kid) and they died a few months later. but yeah i deff think its green spotted