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Taxon: Family Chlopsidae Rafinesque, 1815 - false morays (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (Rafinesque, 1815)
Unavailable original name & rank Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 42 ("Ordine. I Clopsidini."). [family, nom. vernac.; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2].
Original name Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse: 92 ("S. F. Chlopsidia.").
Subsequent rank
Source for the authorship van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 31 ("Rafinesque 1815").

Types

TypeChlopsis (Genus) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025; [<13 May 2025]. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous nameXenocongridae (Family) Regan, 1912 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Synonymous nameXenocongridae (Family) Regan, 1912 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 144.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namefalse morays Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 144; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
false morays Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2453.
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