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Taxon: Genus Merlangus Rafinesque, 1810 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation C.S. Rafinesque Schmaltz, 1810, nom. nov. superfl.
Original name, rank & spelling Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 67.

Attributes

Unnecessary replacement name (nom. illeg.: nom. nov. superfl.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 10.6] Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016. Cat. Fish. (on-line): 7 Jun 2012.

Types

TypeGadus merluccius Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 7 Jun 2012.
TypeMerlangus riali Rafinesque, 1810, nom. illeg. Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 7 Jun 2012. [implicit]

Homonyms

Junior homonymMerlangus (Genus) Oken, 1817, nom. illeg. Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Replaced synonymMerluccius (Genus) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: C.S. Rafinesque Schmaltz, 1810b: 12, 67. [new] [implicit]
Replaced synonymOnus (Genus) Rafinesque, 1810, nom. inval. Ref: C.S. Rafinesque Schmaltz, 1810b: 67. [new]
Senior subjective synonymMerluccius (Genus) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 7 Jun 2012.
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