Species that contain: Takifugu and vermicularis [ 4 ] records

abbotti, Spheroides Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:240, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1254); ref. 14759] Tokyo Bay, western North Pacific. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6523. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:144 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Takifugu vermicularis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:132 [ref. 23547]). Current status: Synonym of Takifugu vermicularis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

radiatus, Sphoeroides vermicularis Abe [T.] 1947:159, Fig. 1 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 57 (no. 10); ref. 12992] Ariake Sound, Fukuoka, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 18069. Paratypes: whereabouts unknown. Page is 159, not 133-135 as given in Ref. 20459 References. Appeared in English in Abe 1948:228 [ref. 20459]. •Valid as Takifugu radiatus (Abe 1947) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:363 [ref. 6441], Lindberg et al. 1997:135 [ref. 23547]). Current status: Valid as Takifugu radiatus (Abe 1947). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

snyderi, Fugu vermicularis Abe [T.] 1988:13 [Uo (Japanese Society of Ichthyologists) No. 38; ref. 16149] Western Pacific. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 7186 (not present in 1997). •Valid as Takifugu snyderi (Abe 1988) -- (Nakabo 2000:1421 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1421 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:453, 701 [ref. 26218], Dyldin et al. 2016:136 [ref. 34682], Kim et al. 2020:205 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:134 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Takifugu snyderi (Abe 1988). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Korea, Russia, Japan. Habitat: marine.

vermicularis, Tetraodon Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:278, Pl. 124 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Bay of Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 4012a. Paralectotypes: RMNH D1557-58 (2, stuffed), 4011 (1), 4012b-c (2). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:200 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Fugu vermicularis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Cheng & Zhou 1997:482 [ref. 26385] dated 1847, Wang et al. 2001:334 [ref. 26566] dated 1847). •Valid as Takifugu vermicularis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:363 [ref. 6441], Lindberg et al. 1997:132 [ref. 23547], Kim 1997:500 [ref. 24032], Nakabo 2000:1422 [ref. 25182], Song et al. 2001:129 [ref. 25468], Kim & Park 2002:420 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:1422 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:453, 701 [ref. 26218], Parin 2003:S35 [ref. 28536], Parin et al. 2014:555 [ref. 33547], Kim et al. 2020:205 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:134 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Takifugu vermicularis (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.