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Here is a 9 inch TL (23 cm) Tetraodon duboisi I photographed that belongs to aquarist Art North. Enjoy.

Great photo once again Mark

Thanks Corybrummie2010

This really is one of the nicest freshwater puffers out their, and certainly one of the rarest. I have a sneaking suspicion that they are more common in the Congo than they are led on to be.

wow, cool.

that is one cool puffer!

its body shape is different to the others

Thanks Dj-Don

It is quite different than the other African puffers, yet the closest species that T. duboisi seems to be related to in terms of overall body shape is Tetraodon miurus, particularly in regards to the head region.

Without doubt, a good lookin' fish!

What is the max size?

One of the "holy grail" puffer - a highly sort-after species by many fishkeepers.

I saw a live specimen once but that fish was in pretty bad shape. Thanks for posting up a great looking fish.

ben

Maximum size stated in the liturature is 10 cm. Not sure if that is SL or TL, though. I have a feeling that they were measuring the smaller of the sexes by coming up with that size.

Definitely the holy grail of freshwater puffers.

Fishbase lists 8.7cm SL, if memory serves.

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Mats

Very nice Mark, Art definitely knows how to take care of his puffers.

MarkSmith wrote:Maximum size stated in the liturature is 10 cm. Not sure if that is SL or TL, though. I have a feeling that they were measuring the smaller of the sexes by coming up with that size.

Definitely the holy grail of freshwater puffers.

Seems the size is wrong then if this one is 23cm...

(thanks for responses)

Puffers are so neat. Anthropomorphically, (and I know I shouldn't do this,) they seem appealing to me because of the big eyes and the "smile." I know it's wrong. But, on this fish, I'll indulge. Great fish and great photo.
Amanda

Thanks for your responses everyone. It really is a unique and beautiful species. Glad that you all have enjoyed the photo!

I asked John Sullivan about the availability of these fishes, and he said that he has seen two other species (T. miurus and T. mbu), but not this one, so it's either quite rare or not very widespread (it's stated to be from Stanley Pool, I think).

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Mats