Species that contain: Lagocephalus and sceleratus [ 4 ] records

argenteus, Tetrodon Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1804:211, Pl. 58 (fig. 2) [Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 12515] West coast of New Holland. Syntypes: MNHN A-8326 (1), MNHN 0000-0314 (1). Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:472 [ref. 21440] with types as above. Original genus should have been Tetraodon. •Synonym of Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Hoese et al. 2006:1922 [ref. 29099]). Current status: Synonym of Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin 1789). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

bicolor, Tetraodon Brevoort [J. C.] 1856:283 [31] [Notes on some figures of Japanese fish taken from recent specimens by the artists of the U. S. Japan Expedition. Pp. 253-288, Pls. 3-12 (color) In: M. C. Perry, Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan.; ref. 17284] Simoda, Japan. No types known. On p. 31 of separate. Description made from a figure. •Synonym of Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin 1789). Current status: Synonym of Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin 1789). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

blochii, Tetraodon Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:75 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Kalk Bay, South Africa. No types known. •Possible synonym of Lagocephalus sceleratus (Foster 1788) -- (Smith & Heemstra 1986:901 [ref. 5714] with genus as Tetrodon). •Synonym of Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Matsuura 2022:471 [ref. 40261] with question). Current status: Synonym of Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin 1789). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

sceleratus, Tetrodon Gmelin [J. F.] (ex Forster) 1789:1444 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] American [in error] and Pacific. No types known. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Valid as Pleuranacanthus sceleratus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:302 [ref. 19754]). •Valid as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Forster 1789) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:156 [ref. 25477], Baranes & Golani 1993:312 [ref. 22372], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:302 [ref. 24014], Goren & Dor 1994:75 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:248 [ref. 23977], Johnson 1999:755 [ref. 25471], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:468 [ref. 25191]). •Valid as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Dor 1984:286 [ref. 29757], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:364 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:639, 749 [ref. 8056], Smith & Heemstra 1986:901 [ref. 5714], Gomon et al. 1994:907 [ref. 22532], Randall 1995:404 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:625 [ref. 27969], Lindberg et al. 1997:155 [ref. 23547], Carpenter et al. 1997:240 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:416 [ref. 25488], Fricke 1999:611 [ref. 24106], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1430 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3957 [ref. 26317], Nakabo 2002:1430 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:453, 697 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:51 [ref. 27712] with author as Forster, Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:647 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2006:1922 [ref. 29099], Fricke et al. 2007:117 [ref. 29533], Matsuura 2008:852 [ref. 30661], Fricke et al. 2009:122 [ref. 30213], Iwatsubo et al. 2009:21 [ref. 30933], Motomura et al. 2010:238 [ref. 31256], Larson et al. 2013:237 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:200 [ref. 33932], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[22] 260 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:388 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:182 [ref. 36273], Artüz & Fricke 2019:561 [ref. 36612], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:102 [ref. 36864], Eagderi et al. 2019:138 [ref. 37020], Hoschke et al. 2019:161 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:102 [ref. 36871], Bariche & Fricke 2020:149 [ref. 37515], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 31 [ref. 38321], Kovačić et al. 2020:34 [ref. 37519], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Sonoyama et al. 2020:131 [ref. 37637], Golani 2021:89 [ref. 38303], Kaleshkumar et al. 2021:[4] [ref. 38263], Kovačić et al. 2021:63 [ref. 39014], Dulčić & Dragičević in Tiralongo et al. 2022:733 [ref. 39557], Gus'kov et al. 2022:74 [ref. 39564], Matsuura 2022:471 [ref. 40261], Tiralongo & Tibullo in Kapiris et al. 2024:203 [ref. 41067]). Current status: Valid as Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin 1789). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Philippines, north to central Japan, south to Kimberley (Western Australia), Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia; Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Marmara (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.