papua, Tetraodon Bleeker [P.] 1848:638 [Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (Singapore) v. 2 (no. 9); ref. 315] Bima, Sumbawa Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: ?AMS B.7769 (1) Almorrha, BMNH 1867.11.28.122 (1), RMNH 7358 (1 or more of 6). •Synonym of Canthigaster solandri (Richardson 1845) -- (Allen & Randall 1977:481 [ref. 6714], Randall et al. 1990:477 [ref. 15987]). •Valid as Canthigaster papua (Bleeker 1848) -- (Randall 1995:405 [ref. 22896], Kuiter 1997:418 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:477 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:29 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:290 [ref. 23965], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:105 [ref. 26368], Randall 2005:651 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2006:1918 [ref. 29099], Randall 2007:492 [ref. 30952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1094 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:199 [ref. 33932], To & Shea 2016:1 [ref. 34792], Fricke et al. 2019:334 [ref. 36673], Mishra et al. 2019:300 [ref. 36950], Psomadakis et al. 2020:619 [ref. 37272], Matsuura et al. 2020:86 [ref. 37714], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1260 [ref. 40796], Kumar et al. 2024:6 [ref. 41064], Pillai et al. 2025:561 [ref. 42553]). Current status: Valid as Canthigaster papua (Bleeker 1848). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: eastern India, Myanmar, Andaman Islands and Indonesia east to Palau, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, south to northern Western Australia, northern Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. IUCN (2014): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.