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.