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.