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.[1]

Torquigener
Torquigener hypselogeneion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Subfamily: Tetraodontinae
Genus: Torquigener
Whitley, 1930

Species

Twenty species are recognized in this genus:

References

  1. Bond, Todd; Mueller, Robert J.; Birt, Matthew J.; Prince, Jane; Miller, Karen; Partridge, Julian C.; McLean, Dianne L. (2020). "Mystery pufferfish create elaborate circular nests at mesophotic depths in Australia". Journal of Fish Biology. 97 (5): 1401–1407. doi:10.1111/jfb.14506. hdl:10536/DRO/DU:30148257. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. 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.


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