Fugu Abe [T.] 1952:36 Masc. Tetraodon rubripes Temminck & Schlegel 1850. Type by original designation. See also Abe 1954:122 [ref. 5] and Torafugu Abe 1949. •Valid as Fugu Abe, 1952 -- (Tyler 1980:341 [ref. 4477], Arai 1983:207 [ref. 14249], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:537 [ref. 23876]). •Synonym of Gastrophysus Müller 1843 -- (Kottelat 2013:476 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Takifugu Abe 1949 -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:363 [ref. 2902] based on placement of type species, Matsuura 1990:18 [ref. 13815], Lindberg et al. 1997:116 [ref. 23547], Ebert 2001:91 [ref. 25494]). Current status: Synonym of Takifugu Abe 1949. Tetraodontidae.