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Genera that contain: Canthigaster [ 10 ] records

Anosmius Müller [J.] 1846:195 [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin for 1844; ref. 13283] Masc. Tetrodon solandri Richardson 1845. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839 -- (Kottelat 2013:473 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839. Tetraodontidae.

Anosmius (subgenus of Tetraodon) Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:274 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 21 (pts 2-3); ref. 13448] Masc. Tetrodon taeniatus Peters 1855. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Everamnn 1898:1741 [ref. 2444]. Also in Peters 1855:462. •Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839 -- (Allen & Randall 1977:478 [ref. 6714], Kottelat 2013:474 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839. Tetraodontidae.

Canthigaster Swainson [W.] 1839:194 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Fem. Tetrodon rostratus Bloch 1786. Type by subsequent designation. Name changed to Psilonodus on p. 328. Type designated by Bleeker 1866:12 [ref. 417]. Misspelled or unjustifiably emended to Canthogaster by Bleeker 1866:19 [ref. 417]. •Valid as Canthigaster Swainson 1839 -- (Torchio 1973:647 [ref. 6892], Allen & Randall 1977 [ref. 6714], Tyler 1980:341 [ref. 4477], Arai 1983:207 [ref. 14249], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:365 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:898 [ref. 5714], Matsuura 1986 [ref. 6715], Randall & Cea Egaña 1989 [ref. 9295], Matsuura & Tyler 1997:200 [ref. 23219], Lindberg et al. 1997:160 [ref. 23547], Matsuura 2001:3955 [ref. 26317], Moura & Castro 2002:33 [ref. 25970], Shipp 2003:1989 [ref. 27120], Hoese et al. 2006:1916 [ref. 29099], Randall et al. 2008:3 [ref. 29943], Williams et al. 2012:80 [ref. 32264], Kottelat 2013:473 [ref. 32989], Matsuura 2014:20 [ref. 33576], Stewart & Roberts 2015:1734 [ref. 34322], Motomura et al. 2017:236 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:385 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:182 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:183 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:334 [ref. 36673], Matsuura et al. 2020:81 [ref. 37714], Fricke et al. 2022:257 [ref. 39016]). Current status: Valid as Canthigaster Swainson 1839. Tetraodontidae.

Eumycterias Jenkins [O. P.] 1901:399 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 (1899); ref. 2340] Masc. Eumycterias bitaeniatus Jenkins 1901. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839 -- (Allen & Randall 1977:478 [ref. 6714], Kottelat 2013:474 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839. Tetraodontidae.

Lucubrapiscis Whitley [G. P.] 1931:334 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 4); ref. 4672] Masc. Eumycterias bitaeniatus Jenkins 1901. Type by being a replacement name. Apparently an unneeded replacement for Eumycterias Jenkins 1901, not preoccupied by Eumycterus Schoenherr 1838 in Coleoptera. •Objective synonym of Eumycterias Jenkins 1901. •Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839 -- (Allen & Randall 1977:478 [ref. 6714], Kottelat 2013:474 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839. Tetraodontidae.

Prilonotus Richardson [J.] 1854:162 [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Herald; ref. 3746] Masc. Prilonotus caudacinctus Richardson 1854. Type regarded as by monotypy, other species mentioned were ones included by Kaup (manuscript) as quoted by Richardson. Name quoted from Müller and from Kaup manuscript, but Prilonotus probably a slip for Psilonotus Swainson 1839 and not an original generic description. •In the synonymy of Canthigaster Swainson 1839 -- (Kottelat 2013:473 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839. Tetraodontidae.

Psilonotus Swainson [W.] 1839:328 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Tetrodon rostratus Bloch 1782. As Canthigaster on p. 194, changed to Psilonotus on p. 328. Apparently preoccupied in Hymenoptera [not researched]. •Objective synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839 -- (Allen & Randall 1977:478 [ref. 6714], Kottelat 2013:473 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839. Tetraodontidae.

Rhynchote Bibron [G.] in Duméril 1855:281 [Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Sér. 2) v. 7; ref. 297] Masc. Tetradon peronii Bibron 1855. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1898:741 •Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839 -- (Kottelat 2013:474 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839. Tetraodontidae.

Rhynchotes Troschel [F. H.] (ex Bibron) 1856:88 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt 2); ref. 12559] Masc. Tetraodon gronovii Cuvier 1829. Appeared first as Rhynchote Bibron in Duméril 1855:280 [ref. 297]; latinized by Troschel 1856 as above, also by Hollard 1857:319 [ref. 2186] as Rhynchotus. First technical addition of species and subsequent type designation not researched. Type above as given by Jordan 1919:263 [ref. 2410]; Jordan & Evermann 1898:1741 [ref. 2444] list peroni as type. Kottelat 2001:615 regards Rhynchote as available; with type as Tetraodon peronii Bibron 1855 as estabished by Jordan & Snyder 1901:254 [ref. 12009]. •Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839 -- (Allen & Randall 1977:478 [ref. 6714], Kottelat 2013:473 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839. Tetraodontidae.

Tropidichthys Bleeker [P.] 1854:500 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 3); ref. 344] Masc. Tetraodon margaritatus Rüppell 1829. Type by subsequent designation. Spelled Tropidichthijs in main heading of original account, the Dutch ij equivalent to Latin y; as Tropidichthys in species accounts. Earliest type designation not researched; margaritatus Bleeker listed as type by Jordan 1919:256 [ref. 2410], valentini listed as type by Jordan & Evermann 1898:741 [ref. 2444]. •Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839 -- (Allen & Randall 1977:478 [ref. 6714], Kottelat 2013:473 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster Swainson 1839. Tetraodontidae.


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