Help me identify this puffer?

[slitherbomb]

Hi everyone, I just caught a baby puffer and kinda need help funding out the species. Sorry for the flurry photos lol this guy swims a lot!

 

[slitherbomb]

Anyone?

 

[slitherbomb]

CAN ANYONE HELP ME? It seems like my posts barely get any replies at all!

 

[Sarcothelia]

A location where you are may help. And a more detailed pic.

 

[Sarcothelia]

Possibly a Canthigaster Jactator, but again I don't know where it was caught or have much to go off of. It's endemic to Hawaii so. Actually looks like a boxfish.

Also possibly a black spotted boxfish.

A more detailed pic is 100% necessary for me to make anything more than a guess.

 

[slitherbomb]

I'm in miami, FL. I'll try to get a more detailed pic if I can

 

[Sarcothelia]

Florida...Okay, will keep looking.

Seems like it could be Tetraodon hispidus, but I'd need to see its bottom to be sure.

 

[slitherbomb]

Here are 2 more pics

 

[slitherbomb]

Oops repeat photo...

 

[Esoteric Backbone]

How is that a puffer? I see no fins.

 

[slitherbomb]

They are really small. When I first caught it, I thought it was a little seed or something but then I saw it move, and I saw little fins moving

 

[slitherbomb]

It may not be a puffer, but it does puff up when it gets scared so it might be a box fish or a cow fish, I'm not too sure :/ I dont know a lot about these fish

 

[slitherbomb]

Does this help at all?

 

[Bige]

Burrfish. Very cool looking.

 

[Bige]

Striped Burrfish (Chilomycterus schoepfi)

While yours doesnt look exactly like this one, google the burrfish. Most of those are very close.

 

[slitherbomb]

THANK YOU! I've been wondering for some time now lol

 

[Mr. Crabs]

Very cool find, by the way. Beautiful coloring and pattern. Why shop at the LFS? And it was quarantined in a really BIG tank.