Torquigener
| Torquigener | |
|---|---|
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| Torquigener 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. Their name refers to their ability to build circular structures on sandy sea bottom (torquis + gener).
Species
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:
- Torquigener albomaculosus Matsuura, 2014 (White-spotted pufferfish) [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
- ↑ Matsuura, K. (2014) : A new pufferfish of the genus Torquigener that builds “mystery circles” on sandy bottoms in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae). Ichthyological Research, 62 (2): 207-212.