vermicularis, Tetraodon Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:278, Pl. 124 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Bay of Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 4012a. Paralectotypes: RMNH D1557-58 (2, stuffed), 4011 (1), 4012b-c (2). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:200 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Fugu vermicularis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Cheng & Zhou 1997:482 [ref. 26385] dated 1847, Wang et al. 2001:334 [ref. 26566] dated 1847). •Valid as Takifugu vermicularis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:363 [ref. 6441], Lindberg et al. 1997:132 [ref. 23547], Kim 1997:500 [ref. 24032], Nakabo 2000:1422 [ref. 25182], Song et al. 2001:129 [ref. 25468], Kim & Park 2002:420 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:1422 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:453, 701 [ref. 26218], Parin 2003:S35 [ref. 28536], Parin et al. 2014:555 [ref. 33547], Kim et al. 2020:205 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:134 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Takifugu vermicularis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.