A New Pufferfish, Torquigener heemstrai from South Africa (Acanthopterygii, Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae)
Author
Gaonkar, Prachi
Author
Mohammed, Imad
Author
Ribin, Mohammed
Author
Kumar, D Chetan
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Thomas, Pallavi A
Author
Saini, Ruchi
text
Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology
2024
2024-05-22
50
2
81
85
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_1147_23
journal article
299050
10.50826/bnmnszool.50.2_81
ba4b7bf7-09ca-4232-a3e7-6612229d90d4
2434-091X
12572716
Key to the Species of
Torquigener
in
South Africa
1a. Spinules restricted to region above and forward of pectoral-fin bases ...............................
T. marleyi
1b. Spinules present from nasal organs to just before dorsal-fin origin...................................................2
2a. No solid longitudinal dark brown stripe nor longitudinal row of yellow spots on body from pectoral-fin base to caudal-fin base; dorsal half of body blackish brown with many short white lines ................................................................................................................................
T. heemstrai
n. sp.
2b. Solid longitudinal dark brown stripe or longitudinal row of yellow spots on body from pectoral-fin base to caudal-fin base .......................................................................................................................3
3a. Solid longitudinal dark brown stripe from above pectoral-fin bases to caudal-fin base .................................................................................................................................
T. hypselogeneion
3b. Longitudinal row of d20 small yellow spots from pectoral-fin bases to caudal-fin base ..................................................................................................................................
T. flavimaculosus