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Genera in the family or subfamily Bovichtidae: [ 4 ] records


Aurion Waite [E. R.] 1916:63 Neut. Aurion effulgens Waite 1916. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Bovichtus Valenciennes (not Cuvier) 1832 -- (Hardy 1989:1640 [ref. 17671]). Current status: Synonym of Bovichtus Valenciennes 1832. Bovichtidae.

Bovichtus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:487 Masc. Callionymus diacanthus Carmichael 1819. Type by monotypy. Spelled Bovichthus by Swainson 1838:86 [ref. 4302] and Bovichthys (by Agassiz 1845:9 [ref. 64]) and Bovicthys by Richardson 1846:56 [ref. 3739]. The family name is correctly Bovichtidae; sometimes misspelled Bovichthyidae in literature. •Valid as Bovichtus Valenciennes 1832 -- (Stevens et al. 1984:563 [ref. 13633], Hardy 1989:1640 [ref. 17671], Gon 1990:277 [ref. 21680], Miller 1993:111 [ref. 21297], Gomon et al. 1994:725 [ref. 22532], Bravo et al. 1999:123 [ref. 24260], Eastman & Eakin 2000:14 [ref. 24631], Balushkin 2000:S96 [ref. 29555], Last et al. 2002:433 [ref. 26017], Hoese & Bray 2006:1477 [ref. 29000], Gomon & Last 2008:668 [ref. 30651], Stewart 2015:1435 [ref. 34196], Balushkin 2016:499 [ref. 35400], Sheiko 2019:51 [ref. 37173]). Current status: Valid as Bovichtus Valenciennes 1832. Bovichtidae.

Cottoperca Steindachner [F.] 1875:66 Fem. Cottoperca rosenbergii Steindachner 1875. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Cottoperca Steindachner 1875 (sometimes dated 1876) -- (Stevens et al. 1984:563 [ref. 13633], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:244 [ref. 14235], Eastman & Eakin 2000:14 [ref. 24631], Balushkin 2000:S96 [ref. 29555], Last et al. 2002:433 [ref. 26017], Sheiko 2019:56 [ref. 37173]). Current status: Valid as Cottoperca Steindachner 1875. Bovichtidae.

Halaphritis Last [P. R.], Balushkin [A. V.] & Hutchins [J. B.] 2002:434 Fem. Halaphritis platycephala Last, Balushkin & Hutchins 2002. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Appeared first in Balushkin 2000:S96 [ref. 29555] as "Psepseudaphritis" gen. and sp. nov. •Valid as Halaphritis Last, Balushkin & Hutchins 2002 -- (Hoese & Bray 2006:1477 [ref. 29000], Gomon & Last 2008:669 [ref. 30651], Sheiko 2019:61 [ref. 37173]). Current status: Valid as Halaphritis Last, Balushkin & Hutchins 2002. Bovichtidae.


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