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Genera in the family or subfamily Anablepidae: [ 8 ] records


Anableps Gronow [L. T.] 1763:117 Fem. Cobitis anableps Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 261). •In the synonymy of Anableps Scopoli 1777 -- (Huber 2019:9 [ref. 36941]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Anableps Scopoli 1777. Anablepidae: Anablepinae.

Anableps Scopoli [J. A.] (ex Gronow) 1777:450 Fem. Cobitis anableps Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation or tautonymy. Described first without species; first addition of species by Walbaum 1792:161 [ref. 4572]. Type possibly by subsequent tautonymy, see also Huber 2019:9 [ref. 36941]. •Valid as Anableps Scopoli 1777 -- (Parenti 1981:501 [ref. 7066], Ghedotti 2000:11 [ref. 27228], Ghedotti & Wiley 2003:1153 [ref. 27019], Ghedotti in Reis et al. 2003:583 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:9 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Anableps Scopoli 1777. Anablepidae: Anablepinae.

Anableps Bloch [M. E.] (ex Gronow) 1794:7 Fem. Anableps tetrophthalmus Bloch 1794 (= Cobitis anableps Linnaeus 1758). Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Anableps Scopoli 1777 in fishes. •Objective synonym and junior homonym of Anableps Scopoli 1777 -- (Ghedotti in Reis et al. 2003:583 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:9 [ref. 36941]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Anableps Scopoli 1777. Anablepidae: Anablepinae.

Fitzroyia Günther [A.] 1866:307 Fem. Lebias multidentata Jenyns 1842. Type by monotypy. Spelled Fitzroya by Eigenmann 1907:429 [ref. 1219] and 1910:457 [ref. 1224]. Regarded as same as Jenynsia Günther in same work; earliest first reviser selecting Jenynsia over Fitzroyia is Garman 1895:69 [ref. 1538] [substantiated by Ghedotti & Weitzman 1995:939 [ref. 21893]]. •Synonym of Jenynsia Günther 1866 -- (Parenti 1981:503 [ref. 7066], Ghedotti & Weitzman 1995:939 [ref. 21893], Ghedotti in Reis et al. 2003:583 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:12 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Jenynsia Günther 1866. Anablepidae: Anablepinae.

Jenynsia Günther [A.] 1866:331 Fem. Lebias lineata Jenyns 1842. Type by monotypy. Fitzroyia and Jenynsia both described by Günther in the same work and long regarded as synonyms; earliest technical "first reviser" is Garman 1895, see Huber 2019:12 [ref. 36941]. •Valid as Jenynsia Günther 1866 -- (Parenti 1981:502 [ref. 7066], Malabarba 1989:160 [ref. 14217], Ghedotti & Weitzman 1995:939 [ref. 21893], Ghedotti & Weitzman 1996:1 [ref. 22676], Ghedotti 2000:11 [ref. 27228], Ghedotti et al. 2001:726 [ref. 25450], Lucinda et al. 2002:33 [ref. 26063], Ghedotti in Reis et al. 2003:583 [ref. 27061], Aguilera & Mirande 2005:29 [ref. 28572], Lucinda et al. 2006:613 [ref. 28893], Koerber & Azpelicueta 2009:51 [ref. 30112], Quezada-Romegialli et al. 2009:233 [ref. 31213], Koerber & Azpelicueta 2011:1 [ref. 31158], Aguilera et al. 2013:565 [ref. 32916], Bertaco et al. 2016:423 [ref. 34561], Amorim 2018:[1] [ref. 35838], Aguilera et al. 2019:1 [ref. 36817], Huber 2019:12 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Jenynsia Günther 1866. Anablepidae: Anablepinae.

Oxyzygonectes (subgenus of Fundulus) Fowler [H. W.] 1916:425 Masc. Haplochilus dovii Günther 1866. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Oxyzygonectes Fowler 1916 -- (Parenti 1981:504 [ref. 7066], Ghedotti 2000:11 [ref. 27228], Lazara 2001:243 [ref. 25711], Ghedotti in Reis et al. 2003:583 [ref. 27061], Huber 2005:16 [ref. 28394]). Current status: Valid as Oxyzygonectes Fowler 1916. Anablepidae: Oxyzygonectinae.

Peltatetraops (subgenus of Anableps) Fowler [H. W.] 1931:396 Masc. Anableps microlepis Müller & Troschel 1844. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Anableps Scopoli 1777 -- (Parenti 1981:501 [ref. 7066] as Peltatetrops, Ghedotti in Reis et al. 2003:583 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:16 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Anableps Scopoli 1777. Anablepidae: Anablepinae.

Plesiojenynsia (subgenus of Jenynsia) Ghedotti [M. J.] 1998:579 Fem. Jenynsia unitaenia Ghedotti & Weitzman 1995. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Jenynsia Günther 1866 -- (Ghedotti in Reis et al. 2003:583 [ref. 27061], Aguilera & Mirande 2005:29 [ref. 28572]). •Synonym of Jenynsia Günther 1866, but a valid subgenus Plesiojenynsia as described -- (Ghedotti et al. 2001:726 [ref. 25450], Aguilera et al. 2013:566 [ref. 32916], Huber 2019:17 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Jenynsia Günther 1866. Anablepidae: Anablepinae.


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