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<collectingDate id="EFF9E9E5DF6679362BDFFACCFDFAA243" box="[468,619,1290,1314]" pageId="1" pageNumber="82" value="1999-09-26">26 Sept. 1999</collectingDate>
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</date>
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBC36CDDF6679362AACFAEBFD93A1FE" blockId="1.[140,670,1082,1799]" pageId="1" pageNumber="82">
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<emphasis id="B977EADFDF6679362AACFAEBFE8BA225" box="[167,282,1325,1348]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="82">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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A species of
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<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EDF6679362BBDFAEBFDA9A225" authorityName="Whitley" authorityYear="1930" box="[438,568,1325,1348]" family="Tetraodontidae" genus="Torquigener" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="82" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B977EADFDF6679362BBDFAEBFDA9A225" box="[438,568,1325,1348]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="82">Torquigener</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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with the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays 8 (9); anal-fin rays 7; pectoral-fin rays 14; prebranchial margin with 14 (11–12) long spinules; 12 (14) spinules on back between just behind mid-dorsal branches of lateral line; dorsal half of body blackish brown with many short white lines, an irregular white line running along ventrolateral part of body just above a skin fold from dorsal end of gill opening to caudal peduncle, and ventral part of body white.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBC36CDDF6679362AACF96DFBEDA2EB" blockId="1.[140,670,1082,1799]" lastBlockId="1.[707,1237,1082,1799]" pageId="1" pageNumber="82">
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<emphasis id="B977EADFDF6679362AACF96DFEB7A1A3" box="[167,294,1707,1730]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="82">Description.</emphasis>
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Body moderately elongate, rounded dorsally and flattened ventrally in cross section, tapering posteriorly to laterally compressed caudal peduncle. A longitudinal skin fold extending on ventrolateral corner of body from just behind pectoral fin to ventral part of caudal-fin base. Mouth small, terminal; lips thin, covered with many short papillae; chin prominent. Nasal organ a short, erect papilla well before eye, with two well-separated openings. Eye large, 4.8 (4.1–4.6) in head length, elliptical, and dorsally adnate, ventral rim at level slightly above upper jaw. Gill opening a slightly curved slit just anterior to pectoral-fin base.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBC36CDDF66793628D6FA53FB13A13B" blockId="1.[707,1237,1082,1799]" pageId="1" pageNumber="82">Dorsal fin slightly rounded, its origin just above anal-fin origin; anal fin slightly rounded, smaller than dorsal fin; pectoral fin rounded, 1st pectoral-fin ray rudimentary and nubbin-like, dorsal end of pectoral-fin base at level slightly below mouth; caudal fin slightly rounded.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBC36CDDF66793528D6F9A3FD87A2AE" blockId="1.[707,1237,1082,1799]" lastBlockId="2.[140,671,1117,1799]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="83" pageId="1" pageNumber="82">
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Two lateral lines on head and side of body (
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<figureCitation id="13382A48DF6679362EA0F9A3FD43A1FE" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="1.[729,762,971,993]" captionTargetBox="[714,1228,743,939]" captionTargetId="figure-397@1.[714,1228,743,939]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 2. Schematic illustration of lateral line system of Torquigener heemstrai n. sp." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12572722" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12572722/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="82">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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). The dorsalmost lateral line encircles the eye, with a preopercular branch terminating at level of dorsal end of pectoral-fin base and a posteriorly directed branch coursing along the mid-lateral side of body from just behind ventroposterior part of eye to caudal-fin base, with a dorsally directed branch just above pectoral fin almost meeting in midline with its counterpart from the other side of the body. A short transverse element of lateral line in front of nasal organ almost meeting in midline with its counterpart from the other side of the snout; another short branch running ventrally on lower jaw. The ventral lateral line originates at midpoint between pectoral and anal fins and courses along the ventrolateral edge of body to caudal-fin base.
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</paragraph>
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<caption id="DF7C6645DF6579352AA8FC7DFE1BA348" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12572724" ID-Zenodo-Dep="12572724" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12572724/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" startId="2.[163,196,955,977]" targetBox="[147,661,213,922]" targetPageId="2" targetType="figure">
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<paragraph id="8BBC36CDDF6579352AA8FC7DFE1BA348" blockId="2.[163,647,955,1065]" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">
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Fig. 3. X-ray CT scanning photographs showing the two-rooted spinules of the holotype of
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<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EDF6579352ADBFC31FE0EA36A" authority="Gaonkar & Mohammed & Ribin & Kumar & Thomas & Saini, 2024" authorityName="Gaonkar & Mohammed & Ribin & Kumar & Thomas & Saini" authorityYear="2024" box="[208,415,1014,1036]" family="Tetraodontidae" genus="Torquigener" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heemstrai" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B977EADFDF6579352ADBFC31FE0EA36A" box="[208,415,1014,1036]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">Torquigener heemstrai</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24457A4DF6579352BA3FC30FE4DA36A" box="[424,476,1014,1035]" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Top, lateral view; bottom, dorsal view.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BBC36CDDF6579352AACFA1CFDFCA11D" blockId="2.[140,671,1117,1799]" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">
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Two-rooted spinules present on head and body, extending on dorsal surface from nasal organs to the region anterior to dorsal-fin origin (
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||
<figureCitation id="13382A48DF6579352842F9D9FD1FA156" box="[585,654,1567,1591]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[163,196,955,977]" captionTargetBox="[147,661,213,922]" captionTargetId="figure-519@2.[147,661,213,922]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 3. X-ray CT scanning photographs showing the two-rooted spinules of the holotype of Torquigener heemstrai n. sp. Top, lateral view; bottom, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12572724" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12572724/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
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); two-rooted spinules also densely developed on ventral surface from just behind chin to vent.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBC36CDDF6579352AACF941FB39A5EE" blockId="2.[140,671,1117,1799]" lastBlockId="2.[707,1237,215,1799]" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">Proportional measurements expressed as percentage of SL. Head length 34.9 (32.2–38.3), snout length 14.6 (13.8–14.7), snout to dorsal-fin origin 69.2 (67.6–71.0), snout to anal-fin origin 67.3 (67.7–71.8), body width at pectoral-fin base 27.8 (25.7–27.6), body depth at anal-fin origin19.9 (16.4–21.1), depth of caudal peduncle 8.4 (8.2– 10.0), length of caudal peduncle 28.6 (24.9–27.8), gill-opening length 11.1 (7.9–12.1), eye diameter 6.6 (7.1–9.4), bony interorbital width 6.2 (5.4–6.7), snout to anterior edge of nasal organ 8.1 (7.0–11.1), posterior edge of nasal organ to anterior edge of eye 6.1 (4.9–6.3), length of dorsal-fin base 6.4 (6.1– 8.7), length of anal-fin base 5.1 (3.9–5.5), longest dorsal-fin ray 15.6 (17.7–21.0), longest anal-fin ray 12.9 (14.4–16.3), longest pectoral-fin ray 18.1 (16.9–20.0), caudal-fin length 24.7 (25.4–29.2).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBC36CDDF65793528D6FD5CFB38A36C" blockId="2.[707,1237,215,1799]" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">
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||
<emphasis id="B977EADFDF65793528D6FD5CFBBDA5D3" box="[733,1068,666,690]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">Color of freshly dead specimens</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation id="13382A48DF6579352E30FD5CFBE9A5D3" box="[1083,1144,666,690]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="1.[162,195,652,674]" captionTargetBox="[197,1180,213,618]" captionTargetId="figure-357@1.[197,1180,213,618]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 1. Holotype of Torquigener heemstrai n. sp., SAIAB 60948, 94.8mm SL, Tugela Bank (29°13′S, 31°29′E), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 30m depth, October 1999, photo by P. C. Heemstra." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12572718" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12572718/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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). Dorsal half of head and body blackish brown covered by many short white lines; ventral half of head and body white; an irregular white line running along ventrolateral part of body just above a skin fold from dorsal end of gill opening to caudal peduncle; many small irregular blackish brown spots along a skin fold; edge of eye dark yellow; dorsal, anal and pectoral fins transparent with slightly grayish rays; dark brown smudge on dorsal part of pectoral-fin base; caudal fin transparent with dark gray rays.
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</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8BBC36CDDF65793528D6FBD1FB0AA333" blockId="2.[707,1237,215,1799]" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">
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||
<emphasis id="B977EADFDF65793528D6FBD1FBFBA34E" box="[733,1130,1047,1071]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">
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Distribution.
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EDF6579352978FBDEFBFBA34E" authority="Gaonkar & Mohammed & Ribin & Kumar & Thomas & Saini, 2024" authorityName="Gaonkar & Mohammed & Ribin & Kumar & Thomas & Saini" authorityYear="2024" box="[883,1130,1047,1071]" family="Tetraodontidae" genus="Torquigener" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heemstrai" status="sp. nov.">Torquigener heemstrai</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24457A4DF6579352E7CFBDEFB27A34E" box="[1143,1206,1048,1071]" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
is currently known only from the
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||
<typeStatus id="54B8886FDF6579352E1AFBFCFBAEA333" box="[1041,1087,1082,1106]" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">type</typeStatus>
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locality.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8BBC36CDDF65793528D6FB9BFB56A3DB" blockId="2.[707,1237,215,1799]" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">
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<emphasis id="B977EADFDF65793528D6FB9BFCC2A314" box="[733,851,1117,1141]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">Etymology.</emphasis>
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||
The specific name,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EDF6579352E2FFB9BFB1AA314" authorityName="Gaonkar & Mohammed & Ribin & Kumar & Thomas & Saini" authorityYear="2024" box="[1060,1163,1117,1141]" family="Tetraodontidae" genus="Torquigener" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heemstrai">
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||
<emphasis id="B977EADFDF6579352E2FFB9BFB1AA314" box="[1060,1163,1117,1141]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">heemstrai</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
, refers to the late Phillip C. Heemstra in honor of his great contribution to ichthyology in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F314765DDF6579352E30FB64FB52A3DB" box="[1083,1219,1186,1210]" name="South Africa" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8BBC36CDDF65793528D6FB03FB1CA13B" blockId="2.[707,1237,215,1799]" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">
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||
<emphasis id="B977EADFDF65793528D6FB03FCAEA3BC" box="[733,831,1221,1245]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">Remarks.</emphasis>
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||
The new pufferfish is classified in the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EDF657935290DFB2EFC12A39E" authorityName="Whitley" authorityYear="1930" box="[774,899,1256,1279]" family="Tetraodontidae" genus="Torquigener" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B977EADFDF657935290DFB2EFC12A39E" box="[774,899,1256,1279]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">Torquigener</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
by having the following combination of characters: eye dorsally adnate only; chin well developed; two openings on nasal organ; ventrolateral skin fold extending behind pectoral fin to caudal-fin base. The revision of 12 Australian species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EDF657935291EFA53FBAAA2CC" authority="(Hardy, 1983 a)" baseAuthorityName="Hardy" baseAuthorityYear="1983" box="[789,1083,1429,1453]" family="Tetraodontidae" genus="Torquigener" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B977EADFDF657935291EFA53FC03A2CD" box="[789,914,1429,1452]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">Torquigener</emphasis>
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||
(
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EF924B3CDF65793529A8FA53FBA5A2CC" author="Hardy, G. S." box="[931,1076,1429,1453]" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" pagination="1 - 48" refId="ref2472" refString="Hardy, G. S. 1983 a. Revision of Australian species of Torquigener Whitley (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodonti- dae), and two new generic names for Australian puffer fishes. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 13: 1 - 48." type="journal article" year="1983">Hardy, 1983a</bibRefCitation>
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||
)
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was followed by descriptions of additional eight new species from various regions of the Indo-Pacific (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF924B3CDF6579352E85FA1CFC95A174" author="Hardy, G. S." pageId="2" pageNumber="83" pagination="1 - 48" refId="ref2472" refString="Hardy, G. S. 1983 a. Revision of Australian species of Torquigener Whitley (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodonti- dae), and two new generic names for Australian puffer fishes. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 13: 1 - 48." type="journal article" year="1983">Hardy, 1983a</bibRefCitation>
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||
, b, 1984, 1989;
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EF924B3CDF65793529CBFA3BFB41A174" author="Hardy, G. S. & J. E. Randall" box="[960,1232,1533,1557]" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" pagination="13 - 20" refId="ref2647" refString="Hardy, G. S. and J. E. Randall. 1983. Description of new species of pufferfish (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodonti- dae) from the Red Sea and adjacent waters. Israel Journal of Zoology 32: 13 - 20." type="journal article" year="1983">Hardy and Randall 1983</bibRefCitation>
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;
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EF924B3CDF65793528C8F9E6FCFBA156" author="Matsuura, K." box="[707,874,1567,1591]" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" refId="ref2692" refString="Matsuura, K. 2014. A new pufferfish of the genus Torquigener that builds lmystery circlesz on sandy bot- toms in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetrarodontidae). Ichthyological Research, DOI 10.1007 / s 10228 - 014 - 0428 - 5 (also appeared in Ichthyological Research 62: 207 - 212)." type="book" year="2014">Matsuura, 2014</bibRefCitation>
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).
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EDF6579352977F9E6FBF4A156" authorityName="Gaonkar & Mohammed & Ribin & Kumar & Thomas & Saini" authorityYear="2024" box="[892,1125,1567,1591]" family="Tetraodontidae" genus="Torquigener" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heemstrai">
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<emphasis id="B977EADFDF6579352977F9E6FBF4A156" box="[892,1125,1567,1591]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">Torquigener heemstrai</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
brings the total number of species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EDF65793529DBF985FBDCA13B" baseAuthorityName="Hardy" baseAuthorityYear="1983" box="[976,1101,1603,1626]" family="Tetraodontidae" genus="Torquigener" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B977EADFDF65793529DBF985FBDCA13B" box="[976,1101,1603,1626]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">Torquigener</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
to 21.
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBC36CDDF65793428D6F9A3FBD4A654" blockId="2.[707,1237,215,1799]" lastBlockId="3.[707,1236,215,309]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="84" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">
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Major characters distinguishing
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<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EDF6579352E59F9A3FCBDA1FE" authority="Gaonkar & Mohammed & Ribin & Kumar & Thomas & Saini, 2024" authorityName="Gaonkar & Mohammed & Ribin & Kumar & Thomas & Saini" authorityYear="2024" family="Tetraodontidae" genus="Torquigener" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heemstrai" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B977EADFDF6579352E59F9A3FCBDA1FE" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">Torquigener heemstrai</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24457A4DF6579352931F94EFCEBA1FE" box="[826,890,1672,1695]" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
from all other species of the genus are provided in the
|
||
<emphasis id="B977EADFDF65793529EEF96DFBC0A1A3" box="[997,1105,1707,1730]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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||
above. The most helpful characters in separating the new species from the other species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EDF6579352E21F936FB3DA066" baseAuthorityName="Hardy" baseAuthorityYear="1983" box="[1066,1196,1776,1799]" family="Tetraodontidae" genus="Torquigener" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="83" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B977EADFDF6579352E21F936FB3DA066" box="[1066,1196,1776,1799]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="83">Torquigener</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are coloration of the head and body: no solid, dark, longitudinal stripe nor longitudinal rows of dark spots on the mid-side of body from behind pectoral fin to caudal-fin base; no vertical markings on cheek; dorsal half of head and body blackish brown covered with many short white lines; and ventral half of head and body white.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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