ocellatus, Tetraodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:333 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Asia and Egypt in fresh water. •Valid as Fugu ocellatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Zheng 1989:380 [ref. 21202], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:538 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:191 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:484 [ref. 26385], Kottelat 2001:64 [ref. 25482]). •Valid as Gastrophysus ocellatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 2013:477 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Takifugu ocellatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:117 [ref. 23547], Nakabo 2000:1424 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:289 [ref. 25480], Ebert 2001:32 [ref. 25494], Nakabo 2002:1424 [ref. 26193]). Current status: Valid as Takifugu ocellatus (Linnaeus 1758). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Asia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.