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.Species
Twenty species are recognized in this genus:
- Torquigener albomaculosus Matsuura, 2014
- Torquigener altipinnis J. D. Ogilby, 1891
- Torquigener andersonae Hardy, 1983
- Torquigener balteus Hardy, 1989
- Torquigener brevipinnis Regan, 1903
- Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & J. E. Randall, 1983
- Torquigener florealis Cope, 1871
- Torquigener gloerfelti Hardy, 1984
- Torquigener hicksi Hardy, 1983
- Torquigener hypselogeneion Bleeker, 1852
- Torquigener marleyi Fowler, 1929
- Torquigener pallimaculatus Hardy, 1983
- Torquigener parcuspinus Hardy, 1983
- Torquigener paxtoni Hardy, 1983
- Torquigener perlevis J. D. Ogilby, 1908
- Torquigener pleurogramma Regan, 1903
- Torquigener randalli Hardy, 1983
- Torquigener squamicauda J. D. Ogilby, 1910
- Torquigener tuberculiferus J. D. Ogilby, 1912
- Torquigener vicinus Whitley, 1930
- Torquigener whitleyi Paradice, 1927
