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Which Puffer
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:51 pm
by Jahdiel
Can anyone tell me what kind of puffer this is. It is a silver with black streaks. Thanks.
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:02 pm
by Snakeman
Where did you get it? If it was caught locally I can look it up in my book.
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:07 pm
by Jahdiel
Friends of my son's works on a local shrinp boat. He brought in all kinds of oddball fish. Needless to say just about all went back. More puffers, robbin, oyster fish, ect.
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:49 am
by Snakeman
That puffer is not in my book. I believe it is going to be a brackish varity. Maybe a marbled puffer. Did they catch it in the bay? People use to eat them around florida until they started to get sick. There is a ban on keeping them to eat in florida now.
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:04 pm
by Jahdiel
Found it. It is called a smooth puffer (Lagocephalus laevigatus) Here is a good site on puffers.
http://chunkypuff.net/speciesinfo.php?c ... laevigatus Anyone wanting this puffer, please let me know. My skin is very sensitive to toxins, so this puffer is not the one for me. It is aggresive to anything smaller than him, 3" or less.
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:05 pm
by Jahdiel
Thanks for checking Jason