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Torquigener flavimaculosus

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Species of fish

Torquigener flavimaculosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Torquigener
Species: T. flavimaculosus
Binomial name
Torquigener flavimaculosus
Hardy & Randall, 1983

Torquigener flavimaculosus is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, capable of very rapid body inflation when threatened. Native to the Western Indian Ocean, it is also found in the Indo Pacific from the Persian Gulf to the Seychelles. Recorded first in the Mediterranean Sea in 1987, following a likely migration through the Suez Canal, it is now expanding westward.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Torquigener flavimaculosus". FishBase. November 2015 version.
  2. Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Torquigener flavimaculosus). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Torquigener_flavimaculosus.pdf
Taxon identifiers
Torquigener flavimaculosus


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