Species that contain: Arothron and stellatus [ 16 ] records

aerostaticus, Tetrodon Jenyns [L.] 1842:152 [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] Locality not known. Holotype (unique): UMZC [Darwin specimen]. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Valid as Arothron aerostaticus (Jenyns 1842) -- (Winterbottom et al. 1989:69 [ref. 13251], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847]). •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Dor 1984:285 [ref. 29757], Lindberg et al. 1997:168 [ref. 23547], Ebert 2001:30 [ref. 25494], Hoese et al. 2006:1916 [ref. 29099]). •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798) -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:181 [ref. 36273], Matsuura 2022:460 [ref. 40261]). Current status: Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

alboreticulatus, Tetraodon Tanaka [S.] 1908:42, Pl. 1 (fig. 5) [Journal of the College of Science. Imperial University, Tokyo v. 23 (art. 7); ref. 6032] Misaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 959 (dry mount). •Probably a synonym of Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Randall 1995:402 [ref. 22896], Randall 2005:647 [ref. 28239]). •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798) -- (Eagderi et al. 2019:137 [ref. 37020]). Current status: Uncertain as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

amabilis, Tetrodon Castelnau [F. L.] 1879:401 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 3 (pt 4); ref. 764] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4082. Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:465 [ref. 21440]. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Synonym of Arothron stellataus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Hoese et al. 2006:1916 [ref. 29099]). •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Current status: Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

asper, Diodon Cuvier [G.] 1818:138, Pl. 6 [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 18059] No locality stated. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8365 (dry). Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:462-463 [ref. 21440], Leis & Bauchot 1984:96 [ref. 12539]. •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Ebert 2001:91 [ref. 25494]). •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798) -- (Matsuura 2022:460 [ref. 40261]). Current status: Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

astrotaenia, Tetraodon Bleeker [P.] 1853:129 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 16900] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique) (?): BMNH 1867.11.28.111. Original genus as Tetraödon. •Possibly a synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Current status: Uncertain as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

calamara, Tetraodon Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1829:64, Pl. 17 (fig. 1) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Syntypes: MNHN A-8334 (1, dry); SMF 266 (1), 8651-52 (2), 17528 (1, dry). •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Dor 1984:285 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Current status: Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

cinereus, Orbis Billberg [G. J.] 1833:53 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Mauritius, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Based on the “etoilé [sic] Lac. cinereus Commers.”, i.e. the "Le Tétrodon étoilé" of Lacepède 1798:483 [ref. 2708], which is based on the "Tetrodon cinereus, nigro guttatus, hispidus setis è basi stellata exortis"of Commerson 1767-1771 [ref. 34154]; see Fricke 1999:602 [ref. 24106] and Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798) -- (Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

guttatus, Orbis Billberg [G. J.] 1833:53 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Mare Indicum circa insulam Francicam. No types known. Based on the "moucheté Lac.", i.e., Le Tétrodon moucheté of Lacepède 1798:491 [ref. 2708], which is based on the "Tetrodon hispidus supernè fuscus, deorsum exalbidus, guttis nigris ..."of Commerson 1767-1771 [ref. 34154]; see Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798) -- (Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

michiei, Kanduka Hora [S. L.] 1925:579, Pl. 34 (figs. 1-7) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 26 (pt 6); ref. 2206] Sandheads off the mouth of the Hughli River, Bay of Bengal, depth 15 fathoms. Holotype: ZSI. See Das 2003:385 [ref. 27706]. •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:1054 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Current status: Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

otteri, Ovoides aerostaticus Whitley [G. P.] 1932:311, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29: scientific reports. v. 4 (no. 9); ref. 4676] Batt Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS IA.4494. •Synonym of Arothron stellataus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Hoese et al. 2006:1916 [ref. 29099]). •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Current status: Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

punctatus, Tetrodon Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:506 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] East India [not Brazilian Seas]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 4292 (stuffed). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:150 [ref. 24282]. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Paepke 1999:150 [ref. 24282], Ebert 2001:92 [ref. 25494]). •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Current status: Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

punctulatus, Orbis Billberg [G. J.] 1833:53 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Mauritius? No types known. Based on the “pointillé Lac.”, i.e., Le Tétrodon pointillé of Lacepède 1798:485 [ref. 2708], which is based on the "Tetrodon hispidus, punctis in dorso, guttis in ventre defluentibus atris ..." of Commerson 1767-1771:No. 80 [ref. 34154]; see Fricke 1999:602 [ref. 24106] and Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fricke 1999:602 [ref. 24106]). •Probably a synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798) -- (Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus 1758). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

staigeri, Tetrodon Castelnau [F. L.] 1878:248 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 2 (pt 3); ref. 761] Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Hoese et al. 2006:1916 [ref. 29099]). •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Current status: Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

stellatus, Tetrodon Anonymous (ex Commerson, Lacepède) 1798:683 [Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung 1798 (pt. 3) (no. 288) (for 25 Sept. 1798); ref. 24107] [Habitat mare Indicum circa insulam Mauricii] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Based on "Le Tétrodon étoilé" of Lacepède 1798:474, 483 [ref. 2708], which was based on a description in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Most authors date to Tetrodon lagocephalus var. stellatus Bloch & Schneider 1801:503 [ref. 471]; however Fricke 1999:602 [ref. 24106] pointed out that the name correctly dates to Anonymous 1798:683 [ref. 13098]. •Valid as Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:372 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:305 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:285 [ref. 29757], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:365 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:898 [ref. 5714], Allen & Swainston 1988:154 [ref. 25477], Paulin et al. 1989:245 [ref. 24556], Randall et al. 1990:474 [ref. 15987], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:1054 [ref. 20764], Kuiter 1993:422 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Matsuura 1994:29 [ref. 21445], Goren & Dor 1994:74 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:402 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:624 [ref. 27969], Larson & Williams 1997:375 [ref. 23967], Lindberg et al. 1997:165 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:244 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:239 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:410 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:474 [ref. 25919], Johnson 1999:755 [ref. 25471], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1427 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:468 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:286 [ref. 25480], Randall & Earle 2000:22 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:125 [ref. 25868], Ebert 2001:30 [ref. 25494], Sakai et al. 2001:124 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3956 [ref. 26317], Nakabo 2002:1427 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:453, 696 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:651 [ref. 27495], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:50 [ref. 27712], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3332 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:453 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:647 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2006:1916 [ref. 29099], Larson et al. 2013:236 [ref. 32988]). •Valid as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798) -- (Fricke 1999:605 [ref. 24106], Fricke et al. 2009:121 [ref. 30213], Verruraj et al. 2011:6 [ref. 31496], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1090 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:273 [ref. 32706], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:434 [ref. 33460], Fricke et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988] with authorship as Bloch & Schneider, 1801, Psomadakis et al. 2015:336 [ref. 34104], Stewart & Roberts 2015:1733 [ref. 34322], Matsuura 2016:[6] [ref. 34211] Koeda et al. 2016:114 [ref. 35333], Kwun et al. 2017:143 [ref. 37287], Ali et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:385 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:181 [ref. 36273], Jawad et al. 2018:124 [ref. 36262], Eagderi et al. 2019:137 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:334 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:102 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 30 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:201 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:618 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:130 [ref. 37637], Kaleshkumar et al. 2021:[4] [ref. 38263], Mary et al. 2021:398 [ref. 38693], Kondo et al. 2022:34 [ref. 39156], Matsuura 2022:460 [ref. 40261], Noushad K. et al. 2024:46 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to southern Korea, Chiba Prefecture (central Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Lord Howe Island (Australia) and northern New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

stellatus, Tetrodon Shaw [G.] 1804:447 [General zoology or systematic natural history; ref. 4015] Indian Seas. No types known. Based on Tetrodon étoilé of Lacepède 1798. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Objective synonym of Tetraodon stellatus Anonymous 1798 -- (Fricke 1999:605 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

stellatus, Tetrodon lagocephalus var. Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] (ex Commerson, ex Lacepède) 1801:503 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Preoccupied by Tetrodon stellatus Anonymous 1798. Based on "Le Tétrodon étoilé" of Lacepède 1798:474, 483 [ref. 2708], which was based on a description in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). •Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798) -- (Fricke 1999:605 [ref. 24106]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Arothron stellatus (Anonymous 1798). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.