Whitley's toadfish
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Species: | T. whitleyi
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Binomial name | |
Torquigener whitleyi Paradice, 1927
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Whitley's toadfish (Torquigener whitleyi) is a species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae that reaches a length of 9.8 cm,[1] and is a host to Bianium plicitum.[2]
Distribution, habitat, and feeding[]
It lives in the Indo-West Pacific, from northern Australia to Papua New Guinea.[1] It lives at depths from 0 to 50 meters near coastal waters in sandy-bottom substrates with no vegetation, and feeds on molluscs and crustaceans in the areas it inhabits.[3]
Conservation[]
Its population is unknown, yet it occurs in marine protected areas, and has no specific threats to it, and the IUCN Red List puts it at "least concern".[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Torquigener whitleyi summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Torquigener whitleyi (Paradice, 1927)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Fish described in 1927
- Tetraodontidae
- Fish of Australia
- Fish of Indonesia