variomaculatus, Takifugu Li [C.-S.] & Kuang [Y.-D.] in Su & Li 2002:266, 448, Fig. 122 [Fauna Sinica. Osteichthyes. Tetraodontiformes, Pegasiformes, Gobiesociformes, Lophioformes. i-xii +1-495; ref. 28836] Modaomen Zhuhai, Kuangdong Province, China. Holotype: IOCAS [formerly PR-820201]. Paratypes: PR-820202-07 (6). •Valid as Takifugu variomaculatus Li & Kuang 2002. Current status: Valid as Takifugu variomaculatus Li & Kuang 2002. Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Modaomen Zhuhai, Kuangdong Province, China. Habitat: brackish, marine.