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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Rhincodon
Smith, 1829
(fish)
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Entity:
Rhincodontidae (Family) - whale sharks
..Rhincodon (Genus)
....Rhincodon typus (Species) - whale shark
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
A. Smith, 1829
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Smith, A. 1829.
Zool. J.
4
(16), May 1829: 443 ("Genus ...
mihi
.").
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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.
: 161 (Opinion 1278).
Types
Type of
:
Rhincodontidae
(Family)
Müller & Henle, 1841
Type
:
Rhincodon typus
(Smith, 1828)
Type
:
Rhiniodon typus
Smith, 1828
Ref:
R.V. Melville & J.D.D. Smith (eds.), 1987
: 161 (Opinion 1278).
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Rhiniodon
(Genus)
Smith, 1828, nom. rej.
Synonymous name
:
Rhiniodon
(Genus)
Smith, 1828, nom. rej.
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