Have You Seen This Fish?

[ddaddy]

I'm looking for a particular species of pufferfish. It's scientific name is Canthigaster pygmae and it is commonly known as the pygmy pufferfish. It is strawberry red and has pink spots along it's back. It is a sharpnosed puffer and I have never seen it on any of the internet fish sites. (marine depot, saltwaterfish and foster and smith)
It's a really cool looking fish and I wanna know if I could get more info on it.

 

[blutang]

I have never seen these fish online or in stores, however, I just looked it up online, and it is a beautiful fish. Good luck finding it! Have you seen any pricing information on these fish?

 

[ddaddy]

No I haven't seen any info on price range and/or where they can be found. If anyone has seen this puffer please let me know where I can find one. I attached a pic and I hope it works. (I suck at technology)

 

[ddaddy]

Oh ya and the fish doesn't have pink spots they're blue. My bad.

 

[musipilot]

That looks an awful lot like a Fiji Blue Spotted Puffer. Easy to find online, and relatively inexpensive. We have one going on 3 years, we love him. You sure thats not it?

 

[ddaddy]

I'll check it out. Maybe the pictures are really different. I've never heard of it being called the fiji blue spotted puffer before though.

 

[ddaddy]

I still haven't found that little bugger. I went to:
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I can't seem to find it anywhere. It's not the blue dot puffer. (Canthigaster epilamprus) It's not the spotted puffer.(Canthigaster jactator) And it's not the honeycomb puffer (Canthigaster janthinoptera)
It's scientific name is Canthigaster pygmae and I haven't seen that name anywhere. Hey Musipilot, you said you found this fish earlier. Could you tell me where exactly it was that you saw it. I'm not questioning whether or not you actually did find it I just want to know where it is because it certainly has me stumped.
if anyone else could help that would be great.

 

[musipilot]

Sure, here's the link to the fish
Canthigaster pygmae
http://ichtyonb1.mnhn.fr/Summary/Spe...esname=pygmaea

 

[ddaddy]

Ok I went to the link and learned a little more about the pygmy toby but I still didn't find a place to purchase one.

 

[carnut]

Hey musipilot how much does a fiji blue spotted puffer cost Those are so cute thanks

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CARNUT

 

[bahamianme]

I believe that the puffer you're asking for is like the one I have only it has blue spots & a pinkish/red tail. Its very homely, passive. A good eater.

 

[killyah]

i was at my LFS last week and he had one of these puffer. cool looking thing, he sells mostly coral and he had a sign saying it was a trigger,lol. i told him it was a puffer and he said really? i said yes look there's no trigger on it it was going for $35 canadian dollars.

 

[musipilot]

They're anywhere from 15-30 bucks.

 

[ddt]

Are they reef safe?

 

[musipilot]

Not even CLOSE to reef safe. Tobies and puffers are natural predators of snails, crabs, shrimp, and anything else that will fit into their mouths. Most puffers have sharp beaklike teeth specifically designed to break the shells of crustaceans.

 

[hairtrigger]

Yeah, musi knows. Puffers are notorious for devouring reefs. That beak he was talking about... that's used for crushing hard corals and inverts. They love to eat those. Triggers and puffers are a reefs worst enemy. Cool... but evil.