Species that contain: Canthigaster and punctatissimus and punctatissimus [ 4 ] records

brederi, Canthigaster Whitley [G. P.] 1959:323 [Australian Zoologist v. 12 (pt 4); ref. 4729] Baja California, Mexico. New name for Canthigaster punctatissimus reticulatus of Breder 1936. •Synonym of Canthigaster punctatissima (Günther 1870) -- (Allen & Randall 1977:496 [ref. 6714]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster punctatissima (Günther 1870). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

oxyrrhynchus, Tetrodon Lockington [W. N.] 1881:114 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 33; ref. 14288] Angeles Bay, Gulf of California, Mexico. No types known. Lockington believes this to be Tetrodon punctatissimus Günther 1870, but proposes the name if the specimen proves distinct. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Synonym of Canthigaster punctatissima (Günther 1870) -- (Allen & Randall 1977:496 [ref. 6714]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster punctatissima (Günther 1870). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

punctatissimus, Tetrodon Günther [A.] 1870:302 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] Pacific coast of Panama. Syntypes: (several) BMNH 1863.12.16.7-14 (8?). Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Valid as Canthigaster punctatissima (Günther 1870) -- (Allen & Randall 1977:496 [ref. 6714], Randall et al. 1990:476 [ref. 15987], Allen & Robertson 1994:300 [ref. 22193], Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:1633 [ref. 22830], Allen & Robertson 1997:835 [ref. 41086], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:304 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:648 [ref. 24023], Myers 1999:290 [ref. 23965], Thomson et al. 2000:276 [ref. 25640], Moura & Castro 2002:45 [ref. 25970], Nelson et al. 2004:185 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:180 [ref. 37547], Randall 2005:649 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:491 [ref. 30952], Béarez & Séret 2009:152 [ref. 36646], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:195 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:190 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:151 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:451 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:612 [ref. 34923], Matsuura et al. 2020:86 [ref. 37714], Love et al. 2021:225 [ref. 39279], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Canthigaster punctatissima (Günther 1870). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

reticulatus, Canthigaster punctatissimus Breder [C. M., Jr.] 1936:50, Figs. 17, 18 (upper) [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 2 (art. 3); ref. 634] San Jose Island, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype: YPM 1067. Paratypes: YPM 1063 (5), 1089 (1), 1277 (2), 1278 (2). Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:27 [ref. 16741]. •Synonym of Canthigaster punctatissima (Günther 1870) -- (Allen & Randall 1977:496 [ref. 6714]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster punctatissima (Günther 1870). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.