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Species in the genus Tetraodon: [ 14 ] records

duboisi, Tetraodon Poll [M.] 1959:116, Pl. 21 (figs. 1A-1B) [Annales du Musée du Congo Belge v. 71 (art. 3); ref. 3522] Kinshasa, Stanley Pool, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: MRAC 119888. Paratypes: MRAC 118576 (1). Type catalog: Derijst 1991:69 [ref. 21528]. •Valid as Tetraodon duboisi Poll 1959 -- (Roberts 1986:435 [ref. 6223], Poll & Gosse 1995:105 [ref. 24781], Ebert 2001:22 [ref. 25494]). Current status: Valid as Tetraodon duboisi Poll 1959. Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

fahaka, Tetraodon Hasselquist [F.] 1762:441 [Reise nach Palästina; ref. 18250] Nile River around Cairo, Egypt. Holotype (unique): NRM 82. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:276-277 [ref. 20707]. Not available, published in a rejected work (ICZN Opinion 57); subsequent validation not researched. Also a vernacular name, no scientific name. Based on Hasselquist 1757:400 [ref. 30181], also a rejected work (ICZN Opinion 57). Named spelled fahaca by Linnaeus 1758:333 [ref. 2787] in synonymy of Tetraodon lineatus. Appeared in a footnote as name only in Rüppell 1829:5 [ref. 22233]. •In the synonymy of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Roberts 1986:434 [ref. 6223], Lévêque et al. 1989:123 [ref. 26480] and Lévèque et al. 1991:146 [ref. 31367] with author and date as Rüppell 1829, Ebert 2001:23 [ref. 25494], Seegers et al. 2003:47 [ref. 28087] with author and date as Rüppell 1829, Fricke 2008:59 [ref. 30182]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. Tetraodontidae.

fasciatus, Ovoides Anonymous (ex Lacepède) 1798:675 [Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung 1798 (pt. 3) (no. 287) (for 24 Sept. 1798); ref. 13098] Nile River. Neotype: NRM 82. Neotype designation by Kottelat 2013:471 [ref. 32989]. Tetraodontidae. Habitat: freshwater.

leiogaster, Tetraodon Smith [J. A.] 1865:272 [Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh v. 3; ref. 21737] Old Calibar. No types known. Original as leiógaster. Smith did not consider this to be the same as Tetraodon pustulatus Murray 1857. •Synonym of Tetraodon pustulatus Murray 1857 -- (Roberts 1986:436 [ref. 6223], Ebert 2001:92 [ref. 25494]). Current status: Synonym of Tetraodon pustulatus Murray 1857. Tetraodontidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

lineatus, Tetraodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:333 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Nile River. Holotype: NRM 82. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:276-277 [ref. 20707]. •Valid as Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Roberts 1986:434 [ref. 6223], Lévêque et al. 1989:123 [ref. 26480], Lévèque et al. 1991:146 [ref. 31367], Lévêque in Lévêque et al. 1992:869 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:105 [ref. 24781], Ebert 2001:23 [ref. 25494], Seegers et al. 2003:47 [ref. 28087], Fricke 2008:59 [ref. 30182], Neumann et al. 2016:307 [ref. 35036]). Current status: Valid as Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. Tetraodontidae. Distribution: North Africa, central Africa. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

longicauda, Dilobomycterus Bibron [G.] in Duméril 1855:279 [Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Sér. 2) v. 7; ref. 297] Lectotype: BMNH 1852.9.13.92. Le Danois specimens: MNHN B-1482 (1), B-1494 (1), B-1565 (1), B-1567 (1). Original genus was spelled Dilobomyctère, latinized as Dilobomycterus by Troschel 1856:88 [ref. 12559]. Le Danois 1962:464-465 [ref. 21440] lists types as holotype and paratypes. See Kottelat 2001:613 [ref. 25859]; he regards the generic name as latinized and as available by indication to two available species name; he designated the holotype of Tetraodon strigatus Bennett 1834 as the lectotype of longicauda. •Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. Tetraodontidae.

mbu, Tetrodon Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:56, Pl. 29 [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 3); ref. 548] Kinshasa [Leopoldville], Monsembé, Umangi, and Ubangi. Syntypes: BMNH (3) 1899.2.20.31 (1), 1899.2.20.32 (1); MRAC 167 (1) Umangi, 118 (1) Léopoldville, 343 (1) Ubangi. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. Information on types at MRAC provided by G. Boden, 2/8/06 personal communication. •Valid as Tetraodon mbu Boulenger 1899 -- (Roberts 1986:435 [ref. 6223], Poll & Gosse 1995:105 [ref. 24781], Ebert 2001:24 [ref. 25494], De Vos et al. 2001:130 [ref. 26059], De Vos et al. 2001:132 [ref. 26059]). Current status: Valid as Tetraodon mbu Boulenger 1899. Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Congo basin, Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

miurus, Tetrodon Boulenger [G. A.] 1902:55, Pl. 15 (fig. 4) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 2 (fasc. 2); ref. 562] Ubangi River at Banzyville, Democratic Republic of Congo, about 4°18'N, 21°11'E. Syntypes: BMNH 1901.12.26.69 (1); MRAC 1171-72 (2). Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Valid as Tetraodon miurus Boulenger 1902 -- (Roberts 1986:435 [ref. 6223], Poll & Gosse 1995:105 [ref. 24781], Ebert 2001:24 [ref. 25494], Munene et al. 2021:26 [ref. 39283], Stiassny et al. 2021:1688 [ref. 39000]). Current status: Valid as Tetraodon miurus Boulenger 1902. Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Congo River basin (Democratic Republic of Congo). Habitat: freshwater.

physa, Tetrodon Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:19 [176], Pls. 1 (fig. 1), 2 [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4182] Egypt. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-3563 (1, figured), 0000-3566 (1), B-1471 (1). Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:467 [ref. 21440] with holotype and paratypes. Rüppell 1829:5 [ref. 22233] spelled the name as Tetraodon physis. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. The page number is from a different edition. •Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Roberts 1986:434 [ref. 6223] with 3566 as holotype, Ebert 2001:92 [ref. 25494]). Current status: Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. Tetraodontidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

pustulatus, Tetraodon Murray [A.] 1857:253 [Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh v. 1; ref. 21736] Old Calabar [presumably lower Cross River], Nigeria. Syntypes: BMNH 1866.6.14.5-6 (2). •Valid as Tetraodon pustulatus Murray 1857 -- (Roberts 1986:435 [ref. 6223], Lévêque in Lévêque et al. 1992:869 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:105 [ref. 24781], Ebert 2001:41 [ref. 25494], Schelly & Carvalho 2007:571 [ref. 30090]). Current status: Valid as Tetraodon pustulatus Murray 1857. Tetraodontidae. Distribution: West-central Africa: Cameroon and Nigeria. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

schoutedeni, Tetrodon (Arothron) Pellegrin [J.] 1926:207 [Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 14 (no. 2); ref. 17939] Kinshasa [Leopoldville], Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1940-0001. Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:468 [ref. 21440] as shoutedeni with a holotype and paratype. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Valid as Tetraodon schoutedeni Pellegrin 1926 -- (Roberts 1986:436 [ref. 6223], Poll & Gosse 1995:105 [ref. 24781], Ebert 2001:26 [ref. 25494]). Current status: Valid as Tetraodon schoutedeni Pellegrin 1926. Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

striatus, Tetraodon Billberg [G. J.] 1833:53 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] No locality stated. Holotype (unique): ZMB 4242. Unnecessary replacement name for Tetraodon lineatus of Bloch 1786:Pl. 141 [ref. 465], allegedly different from Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758 according to Billberg 1833; see Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. Tetraodontidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

strigosus, Tetrodon Bennett [E. T.] 1834:46 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834 (pt 2) (no. 18); ref. 16796] Quorro River, Niger, western Africa. BMNH 1852.9.13.92 [ex Zool. Soc.]. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Roberts 1986:434 [ref. 6223], Lévèque et al. 1991:146 [ref. 31367], Lévêque in Lévêque et al. 1992:869 [ref. 21590], Ebert 2001:23 [ref. 25494]). Current status: Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. Tetraodontidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

taeniatus, Tetrodon inermis var. Borodin [N. A.] 1932:98 [Bulletin Vanderbilt Marine Museum v. 1 (art. 3); ref. 16361] Viti Levu Island, Fiji Islands. Syntypes: VMM 1069 (2) now at AMNH. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Tetrodon taeniatus Peters 1855. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. 1°Homonym. Tetraodontidae.