lispus, Sphoeroides Walker [H. J., Jr.] in Walker & Bussing 1996:678, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1996 (no. 3); ref. 22229] Gulf of California, Bahia de Los Angeles, 28°54.2'N, 113°30.4'W, Mexico. Holotype: SIO 62-213. Paratypes: CAS 117769 (12); LACM 32089-1 (1), 38099-4 (1), 38216-28 (2); SIO 08-186 (1) (ex UCLA W50-67), 15-186 (33) (ex UCLA W51-15), 15-2230 (6) (ex UCLA W49-129), 61-180 (1), 61-185 to 186 (6, 49), 61-259 (1), 62-213 to 214 (17, 75), 62-217 (1), 62-222 (2), 62-229 (1), 64-831 (3), 65-177 (1), 65-286 (1), 65-297 (225) (ex UCLA W65-62), 65-336 (1), 68-147 (5), 68-165 (1); UCLA W50-51 (4), W50-57 (35), W55-97 (2), W53-89 (7), W56-117 (19); UCR 2439-1 (3), 2440-1 (4); USNM 337590 (4). Type catalog: Angulo et al. 2015:383 [ref. 35212]. •Valid as Sphoeroides lispus Walker 1996 -- (De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:304 [ref. 24545], De la Cruz-Agüero & Cota-Gómez 1998:357 [ref. 23520], Cota-Gómez et al. 1998:104 [ref. 24503], Thomson et al. 2000:278 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:185 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:180 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:191 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:225 [ref. 39279], Hunt et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40687], Page et al. 2023:169 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Sphoeroides lispus Walker 1996. Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central and southern Baja California (Mexico), and Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.
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