Spineless Toadfish, Torquigener perlevis (Ogilby 1908)
Spineless Toadfish, Torquigener perlevis. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A pale brown puffer with variably-sized whitish spots on the head and upper side, larger yellowish-brown spots forming a midlateral stripe, an irregular row of spots below the stripe, several indistinct pale vertical 'stripes' on the head below eye level, and a whitish underside. As the common name suggests, this species lacks a covering of spines on the body.
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Torquigener perlevis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 14 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/882
Spineless Toadfish, Torquigener perlevis (Ogilby 1908)
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Distribution |
South of Cooktown, Queensland, to the mouth of the Georges River, Sydney, New South Wales. Inhabits shallow sandy estuaries and protected coastal bays. |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin perlevis (= very smooth), in reference to the complete absence of dermal spinules. |
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Species Citation |
Spheroides perlevis Ogilby 1908, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 21: 22. Type locality: Sandgate, Moreton Bay, Queensland. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Spineless Toadfish, Torquigener perlevis (Ogilby 1908)
References
Hardy, G.S. 1983. Revision of Australian species of Torquigener Whitley (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), and two new generic names for Australian puffer fishes. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 13(1/2): 1-48 figs 1-18 https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.1983.10415335
Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp.
Kuiter, R. & Kuiter, S. 2018. Coastal sea-fishes of south-eastern Australia. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics, 371 pp.
Ogilby, J.D. 1908. On new genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 21: 1-26 See ref at BHL
Shao, K., Liu, M., Hardy, G., Harwell, H., Leis, J.L. & Matsuura, K. 2014. Torquigener perlevis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T193741A2270201. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193741A2270201.en. Downloaded on 22 February 2021.
