Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Northern Toadfish
Torquigener hypselogeneion
Northern Toadfish
Also known as: Orange-Spotted Toadfish
Category: Pufferfishes
Scientific Name: Torquigener hypselogeneion
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Chordata (Phylum)
Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Tetraodontoidei (Suborder)
      └Tetraodontidae (Family)
       └Torquigener (Genus)
        └T. hypselogeneion (Species)

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