nephelus, Tetrodon Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1882:412 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 297); ref. 1840] Indian River, Florida, U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 31428. Paralectotypes: USNM 26570 (1), 31427 (1). Lectotype established (as figured specimen) in caption to Pl. 264, p. 3286 in Jordan & Evermann 1900 [ref. 2446]. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Valid as Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean 1882) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:307 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:183 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:450 [ref. 23827], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:514 [ref. 24550], Ebert 2001:77 [ref. 25494], Shipp 2003:2000 [ref. 27120], Smith et al. 2003:71 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:185 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:925 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:94 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:191 [ref. 32708], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Robertson et al. 2020:163 [ref. 38098], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:715 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:284 [ref. 40480], Hunt et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40687], Page et al. 2023:169 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Sphoeroides nephelus (Goode & Bean 1882). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Bahia (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.