janthinopterus, Tropidichthys Bleeker [P.] 1855:429 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 8 (no. 3); ref. 350] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 7359 (43-mm TL spec. of 2). Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.11.28.125 (1), RMNH 7359 (1 of 2, not 43-mm spec.). •Valid as Canthigaster janthinoptera (Bleeker 1855) -- (Allen & Randall 1977:496 [ref. 6714], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:365 [ref. 6441], Smith & Heemstra 1986:899 [ref. 5714], Allen & Swainston 1988:156 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:70 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:476 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:418 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:248 [ref. 23977], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:647 [ref. 24023], Kuiter 1997:418 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:476 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:290 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:607 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:755 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:30 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 37268], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1419 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:470 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:22 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3956 [ref. 26317], Moura & Castro 2002:45 [ref. 25970], Nakabo 2002:1419 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:651 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:78 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3332 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:649 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2006:1918 [ref. 29099], Randall 2007:491 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:122 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:195 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:238 [ref. 31256], Williams et al. 2012:84 [ref. 32264], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1093 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:273 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:199 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:114 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:386 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:31 [ref. 36883], Mishra et al. 2019:300 [ref. 36950], Matsuura et al. 2020:87 [ref. 37714], Matsuura 2022:463 [ref. 40261]). Current status: Valid as Canthigaster janthinoptera (Bleeker 1855). Tetraodontidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marquesas Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Lord Howe Island (Australia) and New Caledonia; a waif from Galápagos Islands (eastern Pacific). Habitat: marine.
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