TheWildTales

 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐚 (𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐚) also known as the 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐩, is an 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 in the 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐲𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞. 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐚 is a 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 with 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 and 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, a 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐚𝐰, and 𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡. It has 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞, 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 on its 𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 with a 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲.It reaches upto 𝟏𝟖𝟐 𝐜𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 and 𝟑𝟖.𝟔 𝐤𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐚 is a 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 and 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 on 𝐳𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐧 using 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬, while 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 on 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐳𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐧 and 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐧. It is 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 and 𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 in 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡, 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫, 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥, and 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧, but...

 The 𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐮, 𝐫𝐮𝐢, 𝐫𝐮𝐡𝐢 or 𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐨 (𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚) is a 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 of 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 of the 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 in 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚. It is a 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐞 and 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 in 𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. The 𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐮 is a 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞, 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 of 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐲𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞, with a 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 can reach a 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 of 𝟒𝟓 𝐤𝐠 and 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 of 𝟐 𝐦,but 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟏⁄𝟐 𝐦. The 𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐮 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬 in 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 much of 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 and 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 and 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧, 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦, 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡, 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥 and 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫, and has been 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 into some of the 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 of 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 and 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚. The 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 is an 𝐨𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐯?...

 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐲𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬, commonly called the 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝟖 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 or 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫, is a 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 in 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚. It is known from the 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 of the 𝐌𝐞𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 (𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐚), the 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚 as well as 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐨 . 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝟖 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 to about 𝟖 𝐜𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡.They are 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡, with 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 on their 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬. These 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 either side of the 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 the 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, or 𝐞𝐲𝐞-𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬. Like all members of its family, the 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝟖 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 is 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 of 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 with 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 or 𝐚𝐢𝐫 when 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 or 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐏𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 are classed as 𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 and 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 mainly on...

 The 𝐟𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡, also known as the 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫, 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 (𝐓𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬), is a 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in the 𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐝, 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥, 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐆𝐞𝐛𝐚, 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐚 and 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬 in 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 and 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. 𝐅𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 can reach up to 𝟒𝟑 𝐜𝐦 in 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡.They have the 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 to 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 when 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 , and like many puffers, 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 the 𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐧. 𝐅𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡, like other 𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 mainly on 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬 which may include 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 and 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬.They are typically 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐬 and 𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬.

 The 𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐟 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 (𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐬), also known as the 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐩𝐲𝐠𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡, or 𝐩𝐞𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡,is a 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 to 𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐚 and 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐚 in 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚. They are 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 in 𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 for their 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 and 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞.At a 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 of 𝟑.𝟓 𝐜𝐦, 𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐟 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 are one of the 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 in the 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.  The 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 is 𝟑.𝟓 𝐜𝐦 in 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 with individuals typically reaching 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟐.𝟓 𝐜𝐦.𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐬 are 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡-𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, with 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 to 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧-𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 on the 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 and 𝐝𝐨...