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Etymology: Torquigener: Latin, torquere = to twist + Latin, generare = birth, race (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 132 m (Ref. 58302). Tropical, preferred ?
Eastern Central Pacific: known only from off Oahu, Hawaii.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26145)
Found over sand (Ref. 58302).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hardy, G.S., 1983. The status of Torquigener hypselogeneion (Bleeker) (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) and some related species, including a new species from Hawaii. Pac. Sci. 37(1):65-73. (Ref. 13849)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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