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Taxon: Family Dactylopteridae Gill, 1861 - helmet gurnards (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (T. Gill, 1861)
Questionably Unavailable original name:  Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse: 87 ("S.F. Dimeredia"). [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]. ≡
Questionably Unavailable original name & rank:  Duméril, 1805: 130. ["Dactylés", nom. vernac.; no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1].
Questionably Unavailable original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 28 ("Ordine. I Dactipli."). [family, nom. vernac.; no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]. ≡
Questionably Unavailable original name & rank:  Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse: 87 ("Famille. Dactylinia."). [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]. ≡
Original name:  Gill, T. 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1861 [Suppl.]: 43 ("Subfamily Dactylopterinæ Lac."). ≡
Subsequent rank: 
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 85 ("Gill 1861").

Types

Type: Dactylopterus (Genus) Lacepède, 1801 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 320; [<9 Feb 2024]. [inferred]

Variants

Incorrect spelling: Dactylopteriformes (Family) Carroll, 1988, nom. null. Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 162. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Cephalacanthidae (Family) Berg, 1940 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 319.
Synonymous name: Cephalacanthidae (Family) Berg, 1940 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 411.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: helmet gurnards Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2473; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
: flying gurnards Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 411; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
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