Tetraodon pustulatus Murray, 1857

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Tetraodon pustulatus : Murray, 1857 : 252Notice on a Tetraodon (believed to be new) from Old Calabar. | Boeseman, 1963 : 44An annotated list of fishes from the Niger Delta. | Roberts, 1986 : 435-43674. Tetraodontidae. | Lévêque, 1992 b : 869-870, fig. 61.261. Tetraodontidae. | Lévêque & Paugy, 2003 d : 753-754 fig. 64.264. Tetraodontidae. | Schelly & de Carvalho, 2007 : 571-573, fig. 44.144. Tetraodontidae..
Tetraodon leiogaster : Smith, 1865 : 268 (junior synonym)Notice of the "Etuet", a species of Tetraodon recently received from the Rev. Alexander Robb, Old Calabar. | Roberts, 1986 : 436 (synonym of Tetraodon pustulatus) (junior synonym)74. Tetraodontidae..
Tetrodon pustulatus : Günther, 1870 : 291 (missprint)Catalogue of the fishes of the British Museum, vol. 8 : Physostomi, Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, Ganoidei, Chondropterygii, Cyclostomata, Leptocardii. | Boulenger, 1905 c : 60 (missprint)A list of freshwater fishes of Africa. | Boulenger, 1916 a : 146, fig. 99 (missprint)Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Pellegrin, 1922 i : 637 (missprint)Les poissons des eaux douces de l'Afrique occidentale. | Pellegrin, 1923 b : 347 (missprint)Les poissons des eaux douces de l'Afrique occidentale (du Sénégal au Niger). | Giltay, 1928 : 26 (missprint)Note sur les Tetrodon du Congo belge. | David & Poll, 1937 : 247 (missprint)Contribution à la faune ichthyologique du Congo belge : collections du Dr. H. Schouteden (1924-1926) et d'autres récolteurs. | Wellman, 1948 : 43, 56 (missprint)Preliminary survey of the freshwater fisheries of Nigeria. | Boeseman, 1963 : 44 (missprint)An annotated list of fishes from the Niger Delta. | Roberts, 1986 : 436 (synonym of Tetraodon pustulatus) (missprint)74. Tetraodontidae..
Tetrodon guttifer : Rochebrune (de), 1883 : 155 (ambiguous, other synonym)Faune de la Sénégambie. | Roberts, 1986 : 436 (synonym of Tetraodon pustulatus) (ambiguous, other synonym)74. Tetraodontidae..
Tetraodon guttifer : Daget & Iltis, 1965 : 56, fig. 30 (ambiguous, other synonym)Poissons de Côte d'Ivoire (eaux douces et saumâtres). | Roberts, 1986 : 436 (synonym of Tetraodon pustulatus) (ambiguous, other synonym)74. Tetraodontidae. | Lévêque, 1992 b : 869 (synonym of Tetraodon pustulatus) (ambiguous, other synonym)61. Tetraodontidae..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Colour pattern : Lévêque, 1992 | Lévêque & Paugy, 2003d | Schelly & de Carvalho 2007 .
Current distribution known : common in the Cross River within 20 km downstream of Mamfé. Other known specimens of this species, all in the BMNH have only "West Africa" or "Old Calabar" for locality. The record of a specimen from Gabon by Boulenger, 1916 a: 147, is based on misidentified material of T. guttifer. Other records are doubtful .
Distribution_references : Lévêque, 1992 | Lévêque & Paugy, 2003d | Schelly & de Carvalho 2007 .
Habitat / home range : young and adult are common in the mainstream of the Cross River within 20 km downstream of Mamfé .
Morphology / anatomy : Lévêque, 1992 | Lévêque & Paugy, 2003d | Schelly & de Carvalho 2007 .
Size : 400 mm TL .
Types :
- Tetraodon leiogaster Smith, 1865: 268. Type locality: "Old Calabar". No information on the type.
- Tetraodon pustulatus Murray, 1857: 252. Type locality: "Old calabar" presumably lower Cross River. Syntypes BMNH n° 1866.6.14: 5 and 6.