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Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall, 1983

Yellowspotted puffer
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Syria country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from the Syrian coasts of the Mediterranean Sea (Ref. 97148).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sy.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Sabour, W., A. Saad and L. Jawad, 2014
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Tétrodon constellé, Tétrodon constellé, Cüce balon balığı, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology: Torquigener: Latin, torquere = to twist + Latin, generare = birth, race (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Hardy & Randall.

Issue
Torquigener flavimaculosus is a junior synonym of Torquigener hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) based on molecular and morphological data according to Ref. 128154. Species summary page will be removed.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 57 m (Ref. 11441).   Tropical

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