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Monotypic taxon:
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Lichia
Cuvier, 1816
(fish)
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Entity:
Trachinotinae (Subfamily) - pompanos
..Trachinotus (Genus)
..Lichia (Genus)
....Lichia amia (Species) - leerfish
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
([G.] Cuvier, 1817[1816]), nom. cons.
Original name & spelling
:
Cuvier, [G.] 1817[1816].
Règne Anim.
[ed. 1]
2
: 321 ("Cuv."); xij ("Liches. C."). (sub [genus] "Gasterosteus. L.").
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:
Attributes
Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6]
Ref:
R.V. Melville & J.D.D. Smith (eds.), 1987.
Offic. Lists & Indexes Zool.
: 116 (Opinion 1124).
Types
Type
:
Lichia amia
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Senior subjective synonym
:
Hypacantus
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1810, nom. rej.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer et al., 2016-2017
: 30 Jun 2017 (Smith-Vaniz & Staiger, 1973: 228).
Rejected synonym
:
Hypacantus
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1810, nom. rej.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 7 Jun 2012 (Opinion 1124).
Synonymous name
:
Hypacantus
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1810, nom. rej.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer et al., 2016-2017
: 30 Jun 2017 (Smith-Vaniz & Staiger, 1973: 228).
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