Torquigener

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes
Subordo: Tetraodontoidei

Familia: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Torquigener

Species: ... T. albomaculosus – T. hypselogeneion – ...
Name

Torquigener Whitley, 1930

Type species: Spheroides tuberculiferus Ogilby, 1912

Synonyms

Shippofugu Abe, 1949
Uranostoma Bleeker, 1865

References

Hardy, G.S. 1983: Revision of Australian species of Torquigener Whitley (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), and two new generic names for Australian puffer fishes. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 13(1-2): 1–48. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1983.10415335 Open access. Reference page.
Hardy, G.S. 1989. Description of a new species of Torquigener Whitley (Pisces: Tetraodontidae) from South Africa, with a key to the genus. National Museum of New Zealand records 3(11): 119–123. Reference page.
Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page.
Whitley, G.P. 1930. Ichthyological Miscellanea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10(1): 8–31, pl. 1. BHL Reference page.

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).
Species

Twenty species are recognized in this genus:

Torquigener albomaculosus Matsuura, 2014 (white-spotted pufferfish) [1]
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

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.