Batrachops Bibron [G.] in Duméril 1855:280 Masc. Tetrodon psittacus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Batrachops Heckel 1840 in fishes, replaced by Colomesus Gill 1884. See comments by Kottelat 2001:614 [ref. 25859]. •Synonym of Colomesus Gill 1884 -- (Tyler 1964:128 [ref. 22575], Shipp 1974:108 [ref. 7147], Ebert 2001:91 [ref. 25494], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:670 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède] 1798. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sphoeroides Anonymous [Lacepède] 1798. Tetraodontidae.