epilamprus, Tropidichthys Jenkins [O. P.] 1903:485, Fig. 33 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2341] Kihei, Maui, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 50853 [= 50722]. •Valid as Canthigaster epilampra (Jenkins 1903) -- (Allen & Randall 1977:491 [ref. 6714], Matsuura 1986:224 [ref. 6715], Randall et al. 1990:476 [ref. 15987], Matsuura & Yoshino 1992:178 [ref. 20431], Allen 1997:246 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:476 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:290 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:1420 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:470 [ref. 25191], Matsuura 2001:3956 [ref. 26317], Moura & Castro 2002:45 [ref. 25970], Nakabo 2002:1420 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:651 [ref. 27495], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:228 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:649 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:534 [ref. 28379], Hoese et al. 2006:1918 [ref. 29099], Randall 2007:491 [ref. 30952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1093 [ref. 31980], Matsuura et al. 2020:86 [ref. 37714], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1258 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Canthigaster epilampra (Jenkins 1903). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific: Christmas Island (Indian Ocean); Bali and Kalimantan (Indonesia) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia, Tonga and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.