Torquigener
Torquigener is a genus of pufferfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. Males of at least two Torquigener species are known to make elaborate circular nests on the seafloor.
Species
Twenty species are recognized in this genus:Torquigener albomaculosus Matsuura, 2014 Torquigener altipinnis J. D. Ogilby, 1891Torquigener andersonae Hardy, 1983 Torquigener balteus Hardy, 1989 Torquigener brevipinnis Regan, 1903Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & J. E. Randall, 1983Torquigener florealis Cope, 1871Torquigener gloerfelti Hardy, 1984Torquigener heemstrai K. Matsuura, 2024Torquigener hicksi Hardy, 1983 Torquigener hypselogeneion Bleeker, 1852 Torquigener marleyi Fowler, 1929Torquigener pallimaculatus Hardy, 1983Torquigener parcuspinus Hardy, 1983 Torquigener paxtoni Hardy, 1983Torquigener perlevis J. D. Ogilby, 1908 Torquigener pleurogramma Regan, 1903 Torquigener randalli Hardy, 1983 Torquigener squamicauda J. D. Ogilby, 1910 Torquigener tuberculiferus J. D. Ogilby, 1912Torquigener vicinus Whitley, 1930Torquigener whitleyi Paradice, 1927