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White-spotted Puffer
Torquigener albomaculosus
Torquigener albomaculosus, or the white-spotted pufferfish, is the twentieth discovered species of the genus Torquigener. The species was discovered in the ocean waters around the Ryukyu Islands in Japan off the south coast of Amami Ōshima Island. Observed depths of the species range between 10 to 27 m (33–89 ft). The fish's head and body are colored brown with white spots at the back. Its abdomen is silvery-white with white spots.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 621565.