Top 15 Pufferfish You Can Keep in Freshwater and Brackish Aquariums
I’ve included some key information about each species and its needs, so take note of the following stats if you’re looking for your own freshwater puffer fish
●Scientific name
●Common names
1) Arrowhead / Ambush / Pig-Face Puffer (Pao suvattii)
2) Amazon / South American Puffer
(Colomesus asellus)
3) Crested puffer / Redeye / Red-Tailed Dwarf (Carinotetraodon lorteti)
4) Dwarf / Nano/ Malabar / pygmy / pea/ Imitator pufferfish (Carinotetraodon travancoricus)
5) Dragon / Humpback / Palembang puffer (Pao palembangensis)
6) Emerald / Ocellated Pufferfish (Tetraodon cucutia / Leiodon cutcutia)
7) Figure Eight or Eyespot Puffer
8) Fahaka puffer / lines puffer (Tetraodon lineatus)
9) Fang’s puffer (Pao cochinchinensis)
10) Green Spotted Puffer (GSP)
(Dichotomyctere nigroviridis)
11) Golden puffer / Bronze Puffer (Auriglobus modestus)
12) Hairy puffer (Pao baileyi)
13) Mbu / Mbuna /giant pufferfish
(Tetraodon mbu)
14) Red Congo puffer / potato puffer (Tetraodon miurus)
15) Spotted Congo Puffer (Tetraodon schoutedeni)