Torquigener balteus

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Torquigener balteus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Torquigener
Species:
T. balteus
Binomial name
Torquigener balteus
Hardy, 1989

Torquigener balteus, commonly known as the slender blaasop, is a fish of the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae native to the Western Indian Ocean. [1]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Torquigener balteus" in FishBase . November 2015 version.