Species that contain: Canthigaster and rivulata [ 4 ] records

bitaeniatus, Eumycterias Jenkins [O. P.] 1901:400, Fig. 12 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 (1899); ref. 2340] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 49702. •Synonym of Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Mundy 2005:535 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:491 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

caudofasciatus, Tetrodon Günther [A.] 1870:304 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] No locality. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2004.8.4.1. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Synonym of Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Allen & Randall 1977:492 [ref. 6714], Randall 1995:405 [ref. 22896], Mundy 2005:535 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:492 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

notospilus, Canthigaster Fowler [H. W.] 1941:278, Fig. 31 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 93; ref. 1438] Off Kaena Point, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands (stomach content). Holotype: ANSP 69850. Paratypes: ANSP 69851-90 (40), 69891 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:161 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Randall 2007:491 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

rivulatus, Tetraodon Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:285, Pl. 124 (fig. 3) [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Nagasaki Bay, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 4653a. Paralectotypes: RMNH D1568-1571 (4, stuffed), 4653b (1). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:205 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Allen & Randall 1977:492 [ref. 6714], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:365 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:637 [ref. 8056], Smith & Heemstra 1986:899 [ref. 5714], Matsuura 1986:224 [ref. 6715], Allen & Swainston 1988:156 [ref. 25477], Manilo 1992:25 [134] [ref. 39140], Suzuki & Uno 1992:4 [ref. 24139], Kuiter 1993:419 [ref. 23929], Randall 1995:405 [ref. 22896], Matsuura & Tyler 1997:201 [ref. 23219], Lindberg et al. 1997:161 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:248 [ref. 23977], Fricke 1999:608 [ref. 24106], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1420 [ref. 25182], Shinohara et al. 2000:184 [ref. 25987], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3956 [ref. 26317], Shimizu 2001:46 [ref. 25799], Shinohara et al. 2001:337 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1420 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:453, 696 [ref. 26218] as rivulatus, Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830] with author as Schlegel, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Shinohara et al. 2005:444 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:535 [ref. 28379], Hoese et al. 2006:1918 [ref. 29099], Randall 2007:492 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:122 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:238 [ref. 31256], Williams et al. 2012:87 [ref. 32264], Larson et al. 2013:236 [ref. 32988], Motomura et al. 2015:31 [ref. 34709], Fricke et al. 2019:334 [ref. 36673], Kim et al. 2020:203 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:130 [ref. 37637], Matsuura et al. 2020:86 [ref. 37714], Matsuura 2022:465 [ref. 40261]). Current status: Valid as Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Saya de Malha Bank and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to South Korea, central Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.