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Genera in the family or subfamily Anabantidae: [ 7 ] records

Anabas Cloquet [H.] (ex Cuvier) 1816:35, suppl. Masc. Perca scandens Daldorff 1797. Type by monotypy. Cuvier 1816:339 [ref. 993] has only "Les Anabas" and mentions "Perca scandens Daldorf. Anthias testudineus Bl. 322." Apparently dates to Cloquet 1816:35 as above (else to Oken 1817:1781 [1181] [ref. 3303]). See also Whitley 1935:136 [ref. 6396]. Misspelled Anabus by Swainson 1839:237 [ref. 4303]. •Valid as Anabas Cloquet 1816 -- (Liem 1962:42 [ref. 20932], Jayaram 1981:378 [ref. 6497], Kottelat 1985:275 [ref. 11441], Vierke 1986:59 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:89 [ref. 36453], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:171 [ref. 6439], Ataur Rahman 1989:284 [ref. 24860], Zhong in Pan et al. 1991:507 [ref. 23876], Kottelat 2000:92 [ref. 25865], Kottelat 2000:88 [ref. 25486], Ataur Rahman 2003:309 [ref. 31338], Hui & Ng 2005:116 [ref. 28283], Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:208 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Anabas Cloquet 1816. Anabantidae.

Coius Hamilton [F.] 1822:85, 369 Masc. Coius cobojius Hamilton 1822. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Cuvier 1829:144 -- see Kotttelat 2000: 92 [ref. 25865]. •Treated as valid as Coius Hamilton 1822 -- (Roberts & Kottelat 1994:258 [ref. 21569] and as the family Coiidae, Ataur Rahman 2003:351 [ref. 31338]). •Synonym of Anabas Cloquet 1816 [after lectotype clarification] -- (Kotttelat 2000:92 [ref. 25865], Kottelat 2000:88 [ref. 25486], Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anabas Cloquet 1816. Anabantidae.

Ctenopoma Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1844:34 Neut. Ctenopoma multispinis Peters 1844. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Peters 1846 [translation, ref. 3448] and 1847 [ref. 6176]. •Valid as Ctenopoma Peters 1844 -- (Liem 1962:42 [ref. 20932], Gosse 1986:402 [ref. 6194], Vierke 1986:38 [ref. 36452], Norris et al. 1988 [ref. 6415], Skelton 1988 [ref. 6737], Vierke 1988:62 [ref. 36453], Lévêque et al. 1989:123 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:343 [ref. 26477], Norris & Teugels 1990 [ref. 15717], Norris & Douglas 1991 [ref. 19507], Norris in Lévêque et al. 1992:838 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:115 [ref. 24781], Dankwa et al. 1999:49 [ref. 28023], Norris 2007:253 [ref. 30044], Norris 2007:259 [ref. 30044] as "Ctenopoma", a new genus in press, Marshall 2011:259 [ref. 31755], Kottelat 2013:447 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Ctenopoma Peters 1844. Anabantidae.

Diacopoma Smith [A.] 1832:19 Masc. Diacopoma typicus Smith 1832. Type by original designation. Not used as valid after 1899; therefore reversal of priority according to ICZN Art. 23.9 in favor of Sandelia Castelnau 1861. •In the synonymy of Sandelia Castelnau 1861. Current status: Synonym of Sandelia Castelnau 1861. Anabantidae.

Microctenopoma Norris [S. M.] 1995:358 Neut. Ctenopoma congicum Boulenger 1887. Type by original designation. •Valid as Microctenopoma Norris 1995 -- (Norris 2007:257 [ref. 30044], Marshall 2011:258 [ref. 31755], Fricke et al. 2018:366 [ref. 35805], Skelton et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38399]). Current status: Valid as Microctenopoma Norris 1995. Anabantidae.

Sandelia Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:36 Fem. Sandelia bainsii Castelnau 1861. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Sandelia Castelnau 1861 -- (Liem 1962:43 [ref. 20932], Gosse 1986:413 [ref. 6194], Vierke 1986:55 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:85 [ref. 36453]). Current status: Valid as Sandelia Castelnau 1861. Anabantidae.

Spirobranchus Cuvier [G.] 1829:229 Masc. Spirobranchus capensis Cuvier 1829. Type by subsequent monotypy. Species name listed with original description of genus but without distinguishing features. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Spirobranchus Owen 1818 in Vermes. •In the synonymy of Sandelia Castelnau 1861 -- (Gosse 1986:413 [ref. 6194]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sandelia Castelnau 1861. Anabantidae.