Torquigener (Hardy, 1983) Whitley, 1930

Gaonkar, Prachi, Mohammed, Imad, Ribin, Mohammed, Kumar, D Chetan, Thomas, Pallavi A & Saini, Ruchi, 2024, A New Pufferfish, Torquigener heemstrai from South Africa (Acanthopterygii, Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae), Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 50 (2), pp. 81-85 : 84

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