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| Torquigener hypselogeneion | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetraodontinae |
| Genus: | Torquigener Whitley, 1930 |
Torquigener is a genus of pufferfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. Males of at least two Torquigener species are known to make elaborate circular nests on the seafloor.
Species
Twenty species are recognized in this genus:
- Torquigener albomaculosus Matsuura, 2014 (white-spotted pufferfish)
- 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
- Bond, Todd; Mueller, Robert J.; Birt, Matthew J.; Prince, Jane; Miller, Karen; Partridge, Julian C.; McLean, Dianne L. (2020). "Mystery pufferfish create elaborate circular nests at mesophotic depths in Australia". Journal of Fish Biology. 97 (5): 1401–1407. Bibcode:2020JFBio..97.1401B. doi:10.1111/jfb.14506. hdl:10536/DRO/DU:30148257. PMID 32820821. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- 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.
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