WoRMS taxon details
Torquigener altipinnis (Ogilby, 1891)
278263 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278263)
accepted
Species
Tetrodon altipinnis Ogilby, 1891 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tetrodon altipinnis Ogilby, 1891) Ogilby, J. D. (1891). Description of a new fish from Lord Howe Island. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 1 (no. 6): 110., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.1.1891.1241 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Torquigener altipinnis (Ogilby, 1891). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278263 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tetrodon altipinnis Ogilby, 1891) Ogilby, J. D. (1891). Description of a new fish from Lord Howe Island. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 1 (no. 6): 110., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.1.1891.1241 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon altipinnis Ogilby, 1891)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Torquigener altipinnis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon altipinnis Ogilby, 1891)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Tetrodon altipinnis Ogilby, 1891)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tetrodon altipinnis Ogilby, 1891)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Torquigener altipinnis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tetrodon altipinnis Ogilby, 1891)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Tetrodon altipinnis Ogilby, 1891)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS