| Whitley's toadfish | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Torquigener |
| Species: | T. whitleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Torquigener whitleyi Paradice, 1927 | |
Whitley's toadfish (Torquigener whitleyi) is a species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae that reaches a length of 9.8 cm, and is a host to Bianium plicitum.
Distribution, habitat, and feeding
It lives in the Indo-West Pacific, from northern Australia to Papua New Guinea. It lives at depths from 0 to 50 meters near coastal waters in sandy-bottom substrates with no vegetation, and feeds on molluscs and crustaceans in the areas it inhabits.
Conservation
Its population is unknown, yet it occurs in marine protected areas, and has no specific threats to it, and the IUCN Red List puts it at "least concern".
References
- Shao, K.; Liu, M.; Jing, L.; Hardy, G.; Leis, J.L.; Matsuura, K. (2014). "Torquigener whitleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T193782A2276246. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193782A2276246.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Torquigener whitleyi summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Torquigener whitleyi (Paradice, 1927)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Torquigener whitleyi | |