Torquigener
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| Torquigener | |
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| Orange-spotted Toadfish (T. hypselogeneion) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Torquigener Whitley, 1930 |
Torquigener is a genus of pufferfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Torquigener altipinnis (J. D. Ogilby, 1891)
- Torquigener andersonae Hardy, 1983 (Anderson's toadfish)
- Torquigener balteus Hardy, 1989 (Slender blaasop)
- Torquigener brevipinnis (Regan, 1903)
- Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & J. E. Randall, 1983
- Torquigener florealis (Cope, 1871)
- Torquigener gloerfelti Hardy, 1984
- Torquigener hicksi Hardy, 1983 (Hick's toadfish)
- Torquigener hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) (Orange-spotted toadfish)
- Torquigener marleyi (Fowler, 1929)
- Torquigener pallimaculatus Hardy, 1983
- Torquigener parcuspinus Hardy, 1983 (Yellow-eyed toadfish)
- Torquigener paxtoni Hardy, 1983
- Torquigener perlevis (J. D. Ogilby, 1908) (Spineless toadfish)
- Torquigener pleurogramma (Regan, 1903) (Weeping toadfish)
- Torquigener randalli Hardy, 1983 (Randall's puffer)
- Torquigener squamicauda (J. D. Ogilby, 1910) (Brush-tail toadfish)
- Torquigener tuberculiferus (J. D. Ogilby, 1912)
- Torquigener vicinus Whitley, 1930
- Torquigener whitleyi (Paradice, 1927) (Whitley's toadfish)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Torquigener in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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