trispinosus, Batrachus Günther [A.] 1861:169 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Singapore and Penang, Malaysia. Syntypes: BMNH 1847.2.9.39 (1, alcohol) Singapore, 1860.3.19.424 (1, left half skin) Peneng, ?1860.3.19.425 (left half skin). •Valid as Batrachomoeus trispinosus (Günther 1861) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:38 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:272 [ref. 12442], Kottelat et al. 1993:83 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:170 [ref. 22772], Allen 1997:62 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:349 [ref. 23967], Greenfield 1999:2002 [ref. 24764], Greenfield in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:21 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:631 [ref. 29004], Allen & Erdmann 2012:141 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:52 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:274 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:53 [ref. 34464], Musikasinthorn in Kimura et al. 2015:26 [ref. 34319], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 10 [ref. 38321], Taki et al. 2021:311 [ref. 39830], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:95 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:156 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Batrachomoeus trispinosus (Günther 1861). Batrachoididae: Halophryninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Gulf of Thailand to Indonesia and Vietnam, south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: brackish, marine.