Torquigener paxtoni

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Torquigener paxtoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Torquigener
Species:
T. paxtoni
Binomial name
Torquigener paxtoni
Hardy, 1983

Torquigener paxtoni, commonly known as Paxton's toadfish, is a fish of the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae, native to Shark Bay (Western Australia). [1]

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References

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