laticeps, Chelonodon Smith [J. L. B.] 1948:344, Fig. 3 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 14 (no. 113) (art. 30); ref. 4074] Xora River mouth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Syntypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 303 (primary specimen), plus one not found form Beira. •Valid as Chelonodon laticeps Smith 1948 -- (Smith & Heemstra 1986:900 [ref. 5714], Ebert 2001:74 [ref. 25494], Matsuura 2002:174 [ref. 26209], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377]). •Valid as Leiodon laticeps (Smith 1948) -- (Fricke et al. 2018:389 [ref. 35805]). •Valid as Chelonodontops laticeps (Smith 1948) -- (Psomadakis et al. 2018:[7] [ref. 36003], Matsuura 2022:467 [ref. 40261]). Current status: Valid as Chelonodontops laticeps (Smith 1948). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania) to Madagascar. Habitat: brackish, marine.
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