Species that contain: Tetraodon and nigropunctatus [ 6 ] records

aurantius, Tetrodon Ogilby [J. D.] 1890:81 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 18485] Shoalhaven District, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.2734. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Synonym of Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Su & Tyler 1986:25 [ref. 11531], Hoese et al. 2006:1915 [ref. 29099]). Current status: Synonym of Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

citrinella, Tetrodon nigropunctatus var. Günther [A.] 1870:293 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] Fiji Islands. Holotype (unique): BMNH (not found). Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Synonym of Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Su & Tyler 1986:25 [ref. 11531]). Current status: Synonym of Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.

diadematus, Tetraodon Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1829:65, Pl. 17 (fig. 3) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 264. Paralectotypes: SMF 4643 (1, dry). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:285 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Synonym of Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Dor 1984:284 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Arothron diadematus (Rüppell 1829) -- (Myers 1999:289 [ref. 23965], Su & Tyler 1986:21 [ref. 11531], Randall 2005:646 [ref. 28239], Fricke 2008:59 [ref. 30182], DiBattista et al. 2015:21 [ref. 35706], Matsuura 2016:[6] [ref. 34211], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[7] 245 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:181 [ref. 36273], Matsuura 2022:457 [ref. 40261]). Current status: Valid as Arothron diadematus (Rüppell 1829). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.

nigropunctatus, Tetrodon Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:507 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Holotype (unique): ZMB 4283. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:149 [ref. 24282]. Originally nigro-punctatus. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Valid as Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Dor 1984:284 [ref. 29757], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:365 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:897 [ref. 5714], Su & Tyler 1986:15, 25 [ref. 11531], Allen & Swainston 1988:154 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:70 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:474 [ref. 15987], Matsuura 1994:29 [ref. 21445], Goren & Dor 1994:74 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:402 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:244, 246 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:185 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:412 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:474 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:289 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:605 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:755 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 37268], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1429 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:467 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:125 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3956 [ref. 26317], Nakabo 2002:1429 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:453, 696 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:651 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3332 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:453 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:646 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2006:1915 [ref. 29099], Fricke et al. 2009:121 [ref. 30213], Matsuura 2009:335 [ref. 31171], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:195 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:237 [ref. 31256], Motomura et al. 2010:237 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:73 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1089 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:273 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:236 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33932], Matsuura 2016:[6] [ref. 34211] Koeda et al. 2016:114 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:385 [ref. 35805], Matsuura in Kimura et al. 2018:309 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:332 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:102 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:618 [ref. 37272], Dewa et al. 2022:30 [ref. 40001], Matsuura 2022:460 [ref. 40261], Sato et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40949]). Current status: Valid as Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Line Islands (Kiribati) and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Former Red Sea records are now assigned to A. diadematus (Rüppell 1829). Habitat: marine.

trichoderma, Tetraodon Bleeker [P.] 1854:532 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 5965] Priaman, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ?BMNH 1867.1.28.106. Günther 1870:283 [ref. 1995] states "Adult. Sumatra. ... Type of T. trichoderma" for the British Museum specimen. •Synonym of Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Su & Tyler 1986:25 [ref. 11531]). Current status: Synonym of Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Tetraodontidae.

trichodermatoides, Tetraodon Bleeker [P.] 1854:336 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 343] Larantuka, Flores Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) ?BMNH 1867.11.20.99 (1). Original as Tetraödon trichodermatoïdes. Lectotype perhaps established in Günther 1870:283 [ref. 1995] by use of "Adult (9 inches). Flores... Type of T. trichodermatoides." •Synonym of Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Su & Tyler 1986:25 [ref. 11531]). Current status: Synonym of Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Tetraodontidae.