xanthopterus, Tetraodon Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:284, Pl. 125 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 4407. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1846.2.16.15 (stuffed); RMNH D1561-D1563 (3, stuffed); ZMB 4250 (1). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:204 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Fugu xanthopterus (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Zheng 1989:378 [ref. 21202], Cheng & Zhou 1997:492 [ref. 26385] dated 1847, Wang et al. 2001:336 [ref. 26566] dated 1847). •Valid as Gastrophysus xanthopterus (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Endruweit 2024:118 [ref. 41040]). •Valid as Takifugu xanthopterus (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:363 [ref. 6441], Lindberg et al. 1997:124 [ref. 23547], Chen et al. 1997:186 [ref. 26476] dated 1847, Kim 1997:499 [ref. 24032], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:14 [ref. 24670], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:649 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1424 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:289 [ref. 25480], Song et al. 2001:129 [ref. 25468], Ebert 2001:79 [ref. 25494], Kim & Park 2002:418 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:1424 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:453, 702 [ref. 26218], Kolpakov & Kolpakov 2002:841 [ref. 26577], Barabanshchikov 2003:849 [ref. 27538], Parin 2003:S35 [ref. 28536], Parin et al. 2014:555 [ref. 33547], Dyldin et al. 2016:137 [ref. 34682], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:204 [ref. 35257], Kim et al. 2020:205 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:134 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:46 [ref. 38804]). Current status: Valid as Takifugu xanthopterus (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Yellow, East and South China Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.