chinensis, Sphoeroides rubripes form Abe [T.] 1949:105, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan v. 14 (no. 13); ref. 3] East China Sea or adjoining waters, obtained at Tokyo market, Japan. Holotype: ABE 7906. Paratypes: ABE 4515 (1), 6386 (1), 7926' (1), 8006 (1, skull), 8008 (1, skull), 8009 (1); ZUMT [ex ABE 4545] (1). •Valid as Takifugu chinensis (Abe 1949) -- (Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:363 [ref. 6441], Lindberg et al. 1997:123 [ref. 23547], Nakabo 2000:1426 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1426 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:453, 698 [ref. 26218], Barabanshchikov 2003:849 [ref. 27538], Parin 2003:S34 [ref. 28536], Parin et al. 2014:553 [ref. 33547], Kim et al. 2020:203 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:133 [ref. 37637]). •Synonym of Takifugu rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Dyldin et al. 2016:136 [ref. 34682], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:203 [ref. 35257]). Current status: Synonym of Takifugu rubripes (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Tetraodontidae. Habitat: marine.