solandri, Tetrodon Richardson [J.] (ex Solander) 1845:125, Pl. 57 (figs. 4-6) [Ichthyology.--Part 3. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur.; ref. 20575] Polynesia [Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1858.6.6.1. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Valid as Canthigaster solandri (Richardson 1845) -- (Allen & Randall 1977:481 [ref. 6714], Smith & Heemstra 1986:899 [ref. 5714], Randall et al. 1990:477 [ref. 15987], Randall 1995:405 [ref. 22896], Kuiter 1997:418 [ref. 25488], Allen 1997:246 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:290 [ref. 23965], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:125 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3956 [ref. 26317] dated 1844, Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830] dated 1844, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:651 [ref. 27495] dated 1844, Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:229 [ref. 27510] dated 1844, Lobel & Lobel 2004:78 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624] dated 1844, Randall 2005:650 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:536 [ref. 28379], Matsuura & Toda 2005:119 [ref. 28613], Randall 2007:492 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:122 [ref. 30213], Matsuura 2009:336 [ref. 31171], Williams et al. 2012:84 [ref. 32264], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1095 [ref. 31980], Biswas et al. 2012:111 [ref. 41578], Fricke et al. 2013:273 [ref. 32706], To & Shea 2016:2 [ref. 34792], Arndt & Fricke 2019:31 [ref. 36883], Matsuura et al. 2020:86 [ref. 37714], Kaleshkumar et al. 2021:[4] [ref. 38263], Fricke et al. 2024:88 [ref. 41255], Noushad K. et al. 2024:46 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Canthigaster solandri (Richardson 1845). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: western Indonesia east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A., as a waif only) and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. IUCN (2014): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.