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, 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 heemstrai K. Matsuura, 2024
  • 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