poecilonotus, Tetraodon Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:279, Pl. 124 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 4038a. Paralectotypes: RMNH D1576-1579 (4, stuffed, = paratypes of Takifugu flavipterus Matsuura 2017), RMNH 4038b, c, d, e (4). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:201 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Takifugu poecilonotus (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:363 [ref. 6441], Lindberg et al. 1997:141 [ref. 23547], Kim 1997:503 [ref. 24032], Nakabo 2000:1423 [ref. 25182], Pietsch et al. 2001:147 [ref. 25688], Shimizu 2001:47 [ref. 25799], Kim & Park 2002:423 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:1423 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:453, 699 [ref. 26218], Dyldin et al. 2016:136 [ref. 34682], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:202 [ref. 35257]). •Synonym of Takifugu alboplumbeus (Richardson 1845) -- (Matsuura 2017:72 [ref. 35985]). Current status: Synonym of Takifugu alboplumbeus (Richardson 1845). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.