Slender Blaasop

Specimens in alcohol greyish brown with small pale spots and smaller pale dots above; white stripe on posterior part of upper lateral line; belly and fins white (Ref. 11228).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 7

Torquigener balteus, commonly known as the slender blaasop, is a fish of the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae native to the Western Indian Ocean.