melanothos, Holocanthus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:24 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] American Ocean, Carolinas, U.S.A. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.175 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:246 [ref. 13434] but as holotype. •Synonym of Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Wheeler 1958:246 [ref. 13434], Ebert 2001:92 [ref. 25494]). Current status: Synonym of Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus 1766). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.