Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria (Nov 2021)

First record of Torquigener flavimaculosus (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from Réunion island

  • Jean Gadenne,
  • Patrick Durville,
  • Julien Wickel,
  • Eric Hoarau,
  • Arnault Gauthier,
  • Ronald Fricke

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/aiep.51.70917
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 51, no. 4
pp. 345 – 348

Abstract

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The first record of the yellow-spotted puffer, Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy et Randall, 1983, on Reunion Island is confirmed by numerous video observations and by the capture of a specimen. This tetraodontid fish has been reported from the western Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean. In this report, we confirm its presence in Saint-Paul Bay in Réunion and this new observation completes the ichthyological inventory of Réunion Island.