Life Pisces Actinopterygii Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae

• Arothron caeruleopunctatus Matsuura, 1994
• Arothron carduus Matsuura & Okuno, 1991

  • Tetrodon carduus Cantor, 1849; (valid as)
• ?Arothron erethizon Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
• Arothron firmamentum Matsuura, 1984

  • Tetraodon firmamentum Temminck & Schlegel, 1850; (valid as)
  • Boesemanichthys firmamentum Abe, 1952; (valid as)
• Arothron hispidus Kyushin et al., 1977

  • Tetraodon hispidus Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
  • Tetraodon semistriatus Rìppell, 1837; (synonym)
  • Tetrodon laterna Richardson, 1845; (synonym)
  • Tetrodon pusillus Klunzinger, 1871; (synonym)
  • A. h. perspicillaris Dor, 1984

    • Tetraodon perspicillaris Rìppell, 1829; (synonym)
• Arothron immaculatus Dor, 1984

  • Crayracion immaculatus ; (valid as)
  • Tetrodon immaculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (valid as)
  • Tetrodon sordidus Rìppell, 1829; (synonym)
  • Tetraodon parvus Joannis, 1835; (synonym)
  • Tetraodon scaber Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850; (synonym)
  • Tetraodon aspilos Bleeker, 1851; (synonym)
  • Tetraodon kunhardtii Bleeker, 1851; (synonym)
  • Tetrodon basilevskianus Basilewsky, 1855; (synonym)
  • Cataphorhynchus longispinis Bibron, 1865; (unavailable, in synonymy)
• Arothron inconditus Smith, 1958
• Arothron leopardus Eschmeyer, Editor, 1998

  • Tetrodon leopardus Day, 1878; (valid as)
• Arothron manilensis Matsuura, 1984

  • Tetrodon manilensis Marion de Proc©, 1822; (valid as)
  • Tetrodon virgatus Richardson, 1846; (synonym)
  • Tetrodon manillensis Matsuura, 1984; (misspelling)
• Arothron mappa Matsuura, 1984

  • Tetraodon mappa Lesson, 1831; (valid as)
  • Cyprichthys mappa Whitley, 1936; (valid as)
• ?Arothron melanorhynchos Bleeker, 1855
• Arothron meleagris Matsuura, 1984

  • Tetraodon meleagris Lacep¨de (ex Commerson), 1798; (valid as)
  • Tetrodon meleagris Lacep¨de (ex Commerson), 1798; (valid as)
  • Tetraodon lacrymatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824; (synonym)
  • Arothron ophryas Cope, 1871; (synonym)
  • Ovoides latifrons Jenkins, 1901; (synonym)
• Arothron nigropunctatus Dor, 1984

  • Crayracion nigropunctatus ; (valid as)
  • Tetrodon nigro-punctatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (misspelling)
  • Tetrodon nigropunctatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (valid as)
  • Tetraodon diadematus Rìppell, 1829; (synonym)
  • Dilobomycter nigroguttatus Bibron, 1865; (unavailable, in synonymy)
  • Tetrodon nigropunctatus var. citrinella Gìnther, 1870; (synonym)
  • Arothron diadematus Randall, 1986; (synonym)
• Arothron reticularis Dor, 1984

  • Tetrodon reticularis Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (valid as)
• Arothron stellatus Kyushin et al., 1977

  • Tetrodon lagocephalus var. stellatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (valid as)
  • Diodon asper Cuvier, 1818; (synonym)
  • Tetraodon calamara Rìppell, 1829; (synonym)
  • Tetrodon aerostaticus Jenyns, 1842; (synonym)
  • Kanduka michiei Hora, 1925; (synonym)

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  The taxonomic information and the basic database has been provided by; e-mail: Igor Sheremetyev; This is a conversion from a database dump, and there are probably many odd things as result of automatic conversion.