tyleri, Canthigaster Allen [G. R.] & Randall [J. E.] 1977:497, Fig. 6C [Records of the Australian Museum v. 30 (no. 17); ref. 6714] Off Flic en Flac, western coast of Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 30 meters. Holotype: BPBM 18014. Paratypes: ANSP 109816 (1); BMNH 1974.3.11.8 (1); BPBM 18011 (1), 18042 (1); WAM P.25169-001 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:161 [ref. 13621], Hutchins & Smith 1991:45 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:53 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Canthigaster tyleri Allen & Randall 1977 -- (Winterbottom et al. 1989:70 [ref. 13251], Allen 1997:246 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:290 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:609 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 37268], Matsuura 2001:3956 [ref. 26317], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Matsuura et al. 2020:86 [ref. 37714], Matsuura 2022:466 [ref. 40261], Mulochau et al. 2022:269 [ref. 39073]). Current status: Valid as Canthigaster tyleri Allen & Randall 1977. Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Christmas Island (Australia) and Banda Sea (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.