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Monotypic taxon: Family Gyrinocheilidae Gill, 1905 - algae eaters (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Gill, 1905, orth. corr.
Original name & rank:  Gill, 1905: 196. ["Gyrinochilidae"].
Subsequent spelling:  Berg, 1912: 5.
Subsequent publication:  Smith, 1945: 281.

Attributes

Justified emendation (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 43 ("corrected").

Types

Type: Gyrinocheilus (Genus) Vaillant, 1902 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025. [implicit]

Variants

Incorrect spelling: Gyrinocheillidae (Family) Carroll, 1988, nom. null. Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 137. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: algeneters Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: algae eaters Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 187; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
: algae eaters Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2458.
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