Torquigener flavimaculosus is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, capable of very rapid body inflation when threatened. Native to the Western Indian Ocean,[1] it is also found in the Indo Pacific from the Persian Gulf to the Seychelles. Recorded first in the Mediterranean Sea in 1987, following a likely migration through the Suez Canal, it is now expanding westward.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Torquigener |
| Species: | T. flavimaculosus
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| Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall, 1983
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References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Torquigener flavimaculosus". FishBase. November 2015 version.
- ^ Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Torquigener flavimaculosus). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Torquigener_flavimaculosus.pdf
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