Cheek Barred Toadfish

Body covered with prickles (Ref. 559). Dark brown with pale greenish spots above, an intermediate pale yellow zone, white below (Ref. 4919).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 7 - 8

Inhabits small loose groups on shallow coastal sand flats and in estuaries. Often sleeps during the day by burrying itself under the sand with just eyes exposed (Ref. 48637).

分布於印度-太平洋區，自南非至所羅門群島。台灣西部、東北部、南部及澎湖海域有產。

肉臟及卵巢具劇毒，不宜食用。

體亞圓筒形，稍側扁，體前部粗圓，向後漸細，尾柄長圓錐狀。鼻孔小，每側2個，鼻瓣呈卵圓形突起。體腹側下緣具一縱行皮褶。體背自鼻孔至背鰭前方具稀疏排列小棘，腹面自鼻孔下方至肛門前方有小棘，頭側和胸鰭後方亦有小棘。鰓孔內側白色。背鰭尖形，位於體後部，具軟條8，明顯位於臀鰭之前；臀鰭與其同形，具軟條7；無腹鰭；胸鰭短寬，近方形，後緣稍圓，具軟條13-15；尾鰭寬大，截形。體背部及側面為淺褐色，腹面乳白色；體背部和側面佈滿大小不一的黑褐色小斑點；頭側頰部有4條褐色帶；體側另具一連續之黃色縱行帶。背、臀鰭自色；尾鰭淺褐色，上方鰭條上有多個褐色小斑排列；胸鰭淺褐色。以前所記載之寬吻魨(/Amblyrhynchotes hypselogeneion/)為本種之同種異名。

熱帶及亞熱帶近海底層小型魚類。肉食性，主要以軟體動物、甲殼類、棘皮動物及魚類等為食。

Torquigener hypselogeneion, commonly known as the orange-spotted toadfish, is a fish of the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae native to the Indian Ocean and northwestern Australia.