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Taxon:
Subfamily
Pristigasterinae
Bleeker, 1872, "nom. praeval."
(fish)
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Entity:
Pristigasteridae (Family) - longfin herrings
..Pelloninae (Subfamily)
..Pristigasterinae (Subfamily)
....Odontognathus (Genus)
....Opisthopterus (Genus)
....Pristigaster (Genus)
....Raconda (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Bleeker, 1872), "nom. praeval."
Original name
:
Bleeker, 1870-1875[1872]: 116. ["phalanx"[~tribe] "
Pristigastrini
"].
Subsequent rank
:
Attributes
Family-group name uses entire generic name as stem (orth. imperf.) [ICZN: Art. 29 (Greek/Latin; <2000; no homonymy)]
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.
93
(1)
: 174 (57).
Name in prevailing usage ("nom. praeval.") [cf. ICZN, 1999: Arts. 23.9, 35.5 (fam.)]
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. 2014.
Zootaxa
3882
(2)
: 36 ("Name and spelling in prevailing recent practice").
[implicit]
Spelling in prevailing usage (: [orth. praeval.])
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. 2014.
Zootaxa
3882
(2)
: 36 ("Name and spelling in prevailing recent practice").
[implicit]
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Pristigasteridae
(Family)
Bleeker, 1872, "nom. praeval."
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 130.
[implicit]
Type
:
Pristigaster
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1816
Variants
Correct spelling
:
Pristigastrinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980
: 174 (57).
Former spelling
:
Pristigastrinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al., 2014
: 36.
[implicit]
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