Species that contain: Torquigener and pleurogramma [ 2 ] records

lacrimosus, Spheroides Waite [E. R.] 1923:226 [Marine and freshwater fishes of South Australia; ref. 23131] Southern Australia. Syntypes: not researched. Still researching; perhaps a misspelling of Tetrodon lacrymatus Quoy & Gaimard. •Synonym of Torquigener pleurogramma (Regan 1903) -- (Gomon et al. 1994:912 [ref. 22532], Ebert 2001:92 [ref. 25494], Hoese et al. 2006:1928 [ref. 29099]). Current status: Synonym of Torquigener pleurogramma (Regan 1903). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

pleurogramma, Tetrodon Regan [C. T.] 1903:300, Pl. 24 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902, v. 2 (pt 2) (art. 2) (for 4 Nov. 1902); ref. 14413] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Lectotype: BMNH 1890.9.23.246. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1853.7.21.3 (1), 1862.10.23.23 (2), 1864.1.1.7.27-28 (2), 1890.9.23.247-248 (3). Lectotype selected by Hardy 1983:36 [ref. 5341]. Original genus should have been spelled Tetraodon. •Valid as Torquigener pleurogramma (Regan 1903) -- (Hardy 1983:34 [ref. 5341], Hardy 1989:121 [ref. 17672], Kuiter 1993:419 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Gomon et al. 1994:912 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:416 [ref. 25488], Johnson 1999:755 [ref. 25471], Ebert 2001:92 [ref. 25494], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Hoese et al. 2006:1928 [ref. 29099], Matsuura 2008:856 [ref. 30661], Hoschke et al. 2019:161 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Torquigener pleurogramma (Regan 1903). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: Western Australia, eastern Australia, Lord Howe Island. Habitat: brackish, marine.