Congo Puffer Breeding Guide

Tetraodon miurus is a predatory sand-burying Congo puffer with no documented captive breeding and no recorded spawning behavior.

Overview

The Congo puffer is a small freshwater puffer of the Congo River basin in Africa, including its rapids. Wikipedia reports it grows to about 15 cm and lists it as IUCN Least Concern with healthy wild populations. It is an inactive ambush predator that spends most of its time buried in sand or substrate and can adapt its colouration to hide from prey; it is primarily a piscivore feeding mostly on smaller fish and possibly small amphibians.

Spawning Behavior & Trigger

The reviewed sources contain no information on spawning behaviour, courtship, eggs or fry for this species in the wild or in captivity. Until verified reproductive data are published, breeding the Congo puffer cannot be described.