stellatus, Tetrodon Donovan [E.] 1804:6 unnum. pp., Pl. 66 [The natural history of British fishes, including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species, and an extensive selection of accurately finished coloured plates.; ref. 17408] England. No types known. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Tetraodon stellatus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Synonym of Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Tortonese 1973:645 [ref. 7192]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus 1758). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.
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