Yellow-eyed toadfish (Torquigener parcuspinus)

Scientific name: Torquigener parcuspinus Hardy, 1983

Yellow-eyed toadfish (Torquigener parcuspinus)

The Yellow-eyed toadfish (Torquigener parcuspinus) is a marine fish of the family Tetraodontidae. Native range: Eastern Indian Ocean, Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Reported from Papua New Guinea.

Species facts

Scientific name
Torquigener parcuspinus
Family
Tetraodontidae (Puffers)
Order
Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
10.0
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Reported from Papua New Guinea.
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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