Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific 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) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Tetraodontoidei (Suborder)
      └Tetraodontidae (Family) Pufferfishes
       └Torquigener (Genus)
        └T. hypselogeneion (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219961🔗
iNaturalist ID: 57381🔗

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