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title: "Weeping Toadfish"
description: "Torquigener pleurogramma — Peixes. Torquigener pleurogramma, commonly known as the weeping toadfish or blowie, is a species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/weeping-toadfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Weeping Toadfish

> Torquigener pleurogramma — Peixes. Torquigener pleurogramma, commonly known as the weeping toadfish or blowie, is a species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Torquigener pleurogramma*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2114
- Wikidata: [Q3463112](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3463112)
- iNaturalist taxon: [243810](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/243810)

## Names

- en: Weeping Toadfish

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2024)

## Summary

Torquigener pleurogramma, commonly known as the weeping toadfish or blowie, is a species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is found in the coastal waters of Australia. Its flesh is highly toxic.
Charles Tate Regan described the species in 1903. Early records in Australian waters of the orange-spotted toadfish (T. hypselogeneion) refer to the weeping toadfish. Other common names for T. pleurogramma include banded toadfish and common blowfish.
Reaching 22 cm (8.7 in) in length, T. pleurogramma has an elongated body with a rounded back and flattened belly. It has a small mouth, with thin lips at its apex, and…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torquigener_pleurogramma

## Photo

![Weeping Toadfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/weeping-toadfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: themaskedlapwing · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/368297315

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/weeping-toadfish?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).