pardalis, Tetraodon Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:282, Pl. 123 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D1575 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: BMNH 1846.2.1613. [ex RMNH] (stuffed), RMNH D1572-1574 (3, stuffed), 3997 (1). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:203 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Fugu pardalis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Cheng & Zhou 1997:480 [ref. 26385] dated 1847). •Valid as Takifugu pardalis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:363 [ref. 6441], Lindberg et al. 1997:145 [ref. 23547], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:14 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:1421 [ref. 25182], Shimizu 2001:47 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:1421 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:453, 699 [ref. 26218], Parin 2003:S34 [ref. 28536], Parin et al. 2014:553 [ref. 33547], Dyldin et al. 2016:135 [ref. 34682], Kim et al. 2020:203 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:133 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Takifugu pardalis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.