pygmaea, Canthigaster Allen [G. R.] & Randall [J. E.] 1977:498, Fig. 15 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 30 (no. 17); ref. 6714] About 100 meters south of Marine Laboratory at Eilat, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 3 meters. Holotype: BPBM 18012. Paratypes: BMNH 1975.1.13.1-2 (2); BPBM 17875-76 (1, 2); CAS 31792-93 (1, 5); HUJ 4756 (3), 7005-08 (2, 2, 10, 4); MNHN 1975-0003 (1); SMF 13227 (4); USNM 212284 (13), 212286-87 (1, 23); WAM P.25124-001 (1), P.25125-001 (2). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:45 [ref. 19335], Golani 2006:35 [ref. 28840], Moore et al. 2008:53 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Canthigaster pygmaea Allen & Randall 1977 -- (Dor 1984:286 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:75 [ref. 25356], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[7] 245 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:182 [ref. 36273], Matsuura et al. 2020:87 [ref. 37714], Matsuura 2022:465 [ref. 40261]). Current status: Valid as Canthigaster pygmaea Allen & Randall 1977. Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.