wheeleri, Lagocephalus Abe [T.], Tabeta [O.] & Kitahama [K.] 1984:4, Pls. 2-3 [Uo (Japanese Society of Ichthyologists) No. 34; ref. 8258] Sagami Bay, off Manazuru, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 54368. Paratypes: SMF 19427 (1), ZUMT 54369 (1). •Valid as Lagocephalus wheeleri Abe, Tabeta & Kitahama 1984 -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:364 [ref. 6441], Lindberg et al. 1997:153 [ref. 23547], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1431 [ref. 25182], Matsuura 2001:3957 [ref. 26317], Nakabo 2002:1431 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:453, 697 [ref. 26218], Wu et al. 2011:622 [ref. 32150]). •Synonym of Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson 1845) -- (Matsuura 2010:40 [ref. 33271], Sakai et al. 2021:[2] [ref. 38280]). Current status: Synonym of Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson 1845). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.