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Torquigener
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).
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 21 known species
Weeping Toadfish
speciesTorquigener pleurogramma
Flavimaculosus Puffer
speciesTorquigener flavimaculosus
Scalytail Toadfish
speciesTorquigener squamicauda
Shortfin Pufferfish
speciesTorquigener brevipinnis
Highfin Toadfish
speciesTorquigener altipinnis
Northern Toadfish
speciesTorquigener hypselogeneion
Hicks' Toadfish
speciesTorquigener hicksi
Rusty-spotted Toadfish
speciesTorquigener pallimaculatus
Randall's Puffer
speciesTorquigener randalli
Whitley's Toadfish
speciesTorquigener whitleyi
Floral Puffer
speciesTorquigener florealis
Fringe-gill Toadfish
speciesTorquigener tuberculiferus
Orangespotted Puffer
speciesTorquigener vicinus
Spineless Toadfish
speciesTorquigener perlevis
Anderson's Toadfish
speciesTorquigener andersonae
White-spotted Puffer
speciesTorquigener albomaculosus
Gloerfelt's Puffer
speciesTorquigener gloerfelti
Marley's Puffer
speciesTorquigener marleyi
Yelloweye Toadfish
speciesTorquigener parcuspinus
Paxton's Toadfish
speciesTorquigener paxtoni
Torquigener heemstrai
speciesTorquigener heemstrai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57384.