Species that contain: Tetraodon and lineatus [ 5 ] records

lineatus, Tetraodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:333 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Nile River. Holotype: NRM 82. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:276-277 [ref. 20707]. •Valid as Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Roberts 1986:434 [ref. 6223], Lévêque et al. 1989:123 [ref. 26480], Lévèque et al. 1991:146 [ref. 31367], Lévêque in Lévêque et al. 1992:869 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:105 [ref. 24781], Ebert 2001:23 [ref. 25494], Seegers et al. 2003:47 [ref. 28087], Fricke 2008:59 [ref. 30182], Neumann et al. 2016:307 [ref. 35036]). Current status: Valid as Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. Tetraodontidae. Distribution: North Africa, central Africa. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

longicauda, Dilobomycterus Bibron [G.] in Duméril 1855:279 [Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Sér. 2) v. 7; ref. 297] Lectotype: BMNH 1852.9.13.92. Le Danois specimens: MNHN B-1482 (1), B-1494 (1), B-1565 (1), B-1567 (1). Original genus was spelled Dilobomyctère, latinized as Dilobomycterus by Troschel 1856:88 [ref. 12559]. Le Danois 1962:464-465 [ref. 21440] lists types as holotype and paratypes. See Kottelat 2001:613 [ref. 25859]; he regards the generic name as latinized and as available by indication to two available species name; he designated the holotype of Tetraodon strigatus Bennett 1834 as the lectotype of longicauda. •Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. Tetraodontidae.

physa, Tetrodon Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:19 [176], Pls. 1 (fig. 1), 2 [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4182] Egypt. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-3563 (1, figured), 0000-3566 (1), B-1471 (1). Type catalog: Le Danois 1962:467 [ref. 21440] with holotype and paratypes. Rüppell 1829:5 [ref. 22233] spelled the name as Tetraodon physis. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. The page number is from a different edition. •Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Roberts 1986:434 [ref. 6223] with 3566 as holotype, Ebert 2001:92 [ref. 25494]). Current status: Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. Tetraodontidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

striatus, Tetraodon Billberg [G. J.] 1833:53 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] No locality stated. Holotype (unique): ZMB 4242. Unnecessary replacement name for Tetraodon lineatus of Bloch 1786:Pl. 141 [ref. 465], allegedly different from Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758 according to Billberg 1833; see Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kullander 2016:114 [ref. 34147]). Current status: Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. Tetraodontidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

strigosus, Tetrodon Bennett [E. T.] 1834:46 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834 (pt 2) (no. 18); ref. 16796] Quorro River, Niger, western Africa. BMNH 1852.9.13.92 [ex Zool. Soc.]. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Roberts 1986:434 [ref. 6223], Lévèque et al. 1991:146 [ref. 31367], Lévêque in Lévêque et al. 1992:869 [ref. 21590], Ebert 2001:23 [ref. 25494]). Current status: Synonym of Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus 1758. Tetraodontidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.