RED CONGO PUFFER – 红木瓜狗头

The Red Congo pufferfish is a perfect ambush predator! Well, almost perfect, because this puffer fish lacks speed, but is a master in disguise. It easily blends into its surroundings with its camouflage ability, like a chameleon. This puffer has a wide variety of different colors, from red to brown, orange, yellow, grey and black, to blend in with its surroundings between rocks, sand and wood, but when needed it easily turns into orange or a full red color. This fish can grow up to 15 cm and is nicknamed potato fish because it kind of looks like a potato. The Tetraodon miurus is a bottom fish that digs itself into the sand and waits for the right moment. That moment is when the prey comes close to their nose and then they attack from below and devourer their prey. Their mouth is designed for this attack, positioned pointing upwards. Other animals do not notice the puffer fish as it lays comfortably dug into the sand with just their eyes visible, which they can move in all directions separately from one another, giving them a perfect peripheral view. This puffer fish needs to be kept alone in the aquarium, because it will see anything swimming around it as food.

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