Species that contain: Canthigaster and bennetti [ 4 ] records

bennetti, Tropidichthys Bleeker [P.] 1854:504 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 3); ref. 344] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (9) BMNH 1867.11.28.126 (1), RMNH 7360 (some of 29). Based on specimens and literature. •Valid as Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker 1854) -- (Allen & Randall 1977:488 [ref. 6714], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:365 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:898 [ref. 5714], Winterbottom et al. 1989:70 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:475 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:125 [ref. 20996], Kuiter 1993:418 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:246 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:416 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:475 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:290 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:607 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:755 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 37268], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1420 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:469 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3956 [ref. 26317], Moura & Castro 2002:45 [ref. 25970], Nakabo 2002:1420 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:651 [ref. 27495], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:228 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3332 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:648 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2006:1917 [ref. 29099], Fricke et al. 2009:121 [ref. 30213], Williams et al. 2012:84 [ref. 32264], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1091 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:273 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:199 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:386 [ref. 35805], Mishra et al. 2019:300 [ref. 36950], Matsuura et al. 2020:87 [ref. 37714], Matsuura 2022:462 [ref. 40261]). Current status: Valid as Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker 1854). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to southern Taiwan, south to northern New South Wales (Australia); waifs reaching Galápagos Archipelago (eastern Pacific). Habitat: marine.

constellatus, Canthigaster Kendall [W. C.] & Goldsborough [E. L.] 1911:336, Pl. 7 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 26 (pt 7); ref. 2594] Takarava, Paumotu Is, French Polynesia, southern Pacific. Holotype: USNM 65767. Paratypes: MCZ 29396 (2), CAS-SU 7164 (2). •Synonym of Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker 1854) -- (Allen & Randall 1977:488 [ref. 6714]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker 1854). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

ocellatus, Tetrodon Bennett [J. W.] 1830:unnum. p., Pl. 21 [A selection from the most remarkable and interesting fishes found on the coast of Ceylon First Edition; ref. 16785] South coast of Sri Lanka. No types known. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Tetraodon ocellatus Linnaeus 1758. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Synonym of Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker 1854) -- (Allen & Randall 1977:488 [ref. 6714], Pethiyagoda et al. 1994:43-44 [ref. 21456]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker 1854). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

oxylophius, Tropidichthys Smith [J. L. B.] 1931:159, Pl. 16 [Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown v. 4 (pt 1); ref. 4062] Kareiga River mouth, near Port Alfred, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 307 [ex AMG]. •Synonym of Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker 1854) -- (Allen & Randall 1977:488 [ref. 6714], Smith & Heemstra 1986:898 [ref. 5714], Matsuura 2022:462 [ref. 40261]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker 1854). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.