parvus, Sphoeroides Shipp [R. L.] & Yerger [R. W.] 1969:478, Figs. 1, 3b [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 82; ref. 7846] Center of Mobile Bay, Alabama, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 203248 [ex FSU 15365]. Paratypes: AMNH 27399 [ex FSU 15365] (10); ANSP 97647 (51), 98275 (2), 98279 (2); BLBG uncat. (1); BLGT (1, 2, 1, 3); FMNH 74783 [ex FSU 15365] (10); IMS 614 (3), 619 (8), 622 (4), 624 (1); MCZ 46203 [es FSU 15365] (10); MNHN 1985-1123 (4); TU 9381 (1), 19038 (2), 22573 (14); UA 62 (5), 296 (15), 397 (5), 625 (22), 1290 (17); UF 2731 (2), 4437 (8), 65364 [ex FSU 15364] (35, now 5), 65365 [ex FSU 15365] (176), 202618 [ex UMML 2618] (1); plus non-types. Type catalog: Suttkus 1970:128 [ref. 20861], Gilbert 1974:113 [ref. 21035], Böhlke 1984:161 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:80 [ref. 12367], Bart & Taylor 1993:67 [ref. 20906]. •Valid as Sphoeroides parvus Shipp & Yerger 1969 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:307 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:183 [ref. 23239], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:516 [ref. 24550], Ebert 2001:77 [ref. 25494], Shipp 2003:2001 [ref. 27120], Nelson et al. 2004:185 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:921 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:191 [ref. 32708], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Bagley et al. 2023:324 [ref. 41241], Hunt et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40687], Page et al. 2023:169 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Sphoeroides parvus Shipp & Yerger 1969. Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Gulf of Mexico (U.S.A., Mexico) endemic. IUCN (2014): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.