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Class: Teleostei
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae Puffers
Subfamily: Tetraodontinae
Genus: Torquigener

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21 species
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Torquigener albomaculosus White-spotted pufferfish Northwest Pacific 12 TL 2014
Torquigener altipinnis Southwest Pacific 1891
Torquigener andersonae Anderson's toadfish Southwest Pacific 16 TL 1983
Torquigener balteus Slender blaasop Western Indian Ocean 1989
Torquigener brevipinnis Indo-West Pacific 13.5 TL 1903
Torquigener flavimaculosus Yellowspotted puffer Western Indian Ocean 16 TL 1983
Torquigener florealis Western Central Pacific 18.5 SL 1871
Torquigener gloerfelti Western Central Pacific 1984
Torquigener hicksi Hick's toadfish Eastern Indian Ocean 13 TL 1983
Torquigener hypselogeneion Orange-spotted toadfish Indo-Pacific 13 TL 1852
Torquigener marleyi Western Indian Ocean 1929
Torquigener pallimaculatus Western Pacific 18 SL 1983
Torquigener parcuspinus Yellow-eyed toadfish Eastern Indian Ocean 10 TL 1983
Torquigener paxtoni Eastern Indian Ocean 1983
Torquigener perlevis Spineless toadfish Western Pacific 20 TL 1908
Torquigener pleurogramma Weeping toado Eastern Indian Ocean 21 TL 1903
Torquigener randalli Randall's puffer Eastern Central Pacific 12.7 SL 1983
Torquigener squamicauda Brush-tail toadfish Southwest Pacific 15 TL 1910
Torquigener tuberculiferus Indo-West Pacific 9.5 SL 1912
Torquigener vicinus Orangespotted puffer Eastern Indian Ocean 1930
Torquigener whitleyi Whitley's toadfish Indo-West Pacific 9.8 TL 1927



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