pallimaculatus, Torquigener Hardy [G. S.] 1983:20, Fig. 8 [Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand v. 13 (no. 1/2); ref. 5341] Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: QM I.15995. Paratypes: AMS IA.6773 (1), I.13151-52 (1, 1), I.15557-259 (5, 1 skel.); CSIRO C 551 (1), C 2313 (1), C 2576 (1), C 3951 (1); NTM S.0231 (1); QM I.14271 (1), I.16995 (1), I.16063 (2), I.16761-62 (1, 1), I.16764 (1); WAM P.13490-001 (1), P.13491-001 (1), P.22070-001 (1), P.23439-001 (1, skel.), P.23440-001 (1), P.23799-001 (1), P.25095-026 (2), P.26293-002 (1), P.26929-001 (2). Type information: Hutchins & Smith 1991:46 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:53 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Torquigener pallimaculatus Hardy 1983 -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:156 [ref. 25477], Hardy 1989:122 [ref. 17672], Allen 1997:248 [ref. 23977], Matsuura 2001:3957 [ref. 26317], Hoese et al. 2006:1927 [ref. 29099], Larson et al. 2013:238 [ref. 32988], Hoschke et al. 2019:161 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Torquigener pallimaculatus Hardy 1983. Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: Australia. Habitat: marine.