Hick's toadfish (Torquigener hicksi)

Scientific name: Torquigener hicksi Hardy, 1983

Hick's toadfish (Torquigener hicksi)

The Hick's toadfish (Torquigener hicksi) is a marine fish of the family Tetraodontidae. Native range: Eastern Indian Ocean, Indonesia and northwestern Australia.

Species facts

Scientific name
Torquigener hicksi
Family
Tetraodontidae (Puffers)
Order
Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
13.0
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia and northwestern Australia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Venomous
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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