Xenopterus Troschel [F. H.] (ex Bibron) 1856:88 Masc. Xenopterus bellangerii Bibron 1855. Type by monotypy. Kottelat 1999:594 [ref. 24610] dates to Bibron 1855. Appeared first as "Xénoptère" Bibron in Duméril 1855:281 [ref. 297]; latinized by Troschel as above, also by Hollard 1856:319 [ref. 2186]. Addition of species not researched; type as given by Jordan 1919:263 [ref. 2410]. Kottelat 2001:614 [ref. 25959] regards Xénoptére as latinized and with type as bellangerii by monotypy. •Valid as Xenopterus Troschel 1856 [sometimes as Xenoptere] -- (Fraser-Brunner 1943:16 [ref. 1495], Tyler 1980:341 [ref. 4477], Jayaram 1981:393 [ref. 6497], Arai 1983:208 [ref. 14249], Kottelat 1989:21 [ref. 13605]). •Synonym of Chonerhinos Bleeker 1854 -- (Kottelat 1999:598 [ref. 24610], Ebert 2001:91 [ref. 25494], Kottelat 2013:475 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Chonerhinos Bleeker 1854. Tetraodontidae.