Yellow-eyed Toadfish
Torquigener parcuspinus
- Usual depth65–220 m
- Water temperature19–29 °C
- Best monthsJune, September, and October
- How commonRare
About this species
Torquigener parcuspinus, commonly known as the yellow-eyed toadfish, is a fish of the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae, native to the eastern Indian Ocean, Indonesia, and northern Australia.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Torquigener parcuspinus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 5 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 10 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 65–220 m · Deepest record: 262 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Yellow-eyed Toadfish, Yelloweye Toadfish
Similar species
- Brevipinnis Puffer
Torquigener brevipinnis
- Orange-spotted toadfish
Torquigener hypselogeneion
Bristly pufferArothron hispidus
Guineafowl pufferArothron meleagris
- Silverstripe blaasop
Lagocephalus sceleratus
Narrow-lined toadfishArothron immaculatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 47 open-data records from 1966 to 2017.
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