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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Torquigener hypselogeneion | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Tetraodontidae |
Subfamily: | Tetraodontinae |
Genus: | Torquigener Whitley, 1930 |
Twenty species are recognized in this genus:
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