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Genera in the family or subfamily Choridactylinae: [ 11 ] records


Choridactylodes Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1902:101 Masc. Choridactylodes natalensis Gilchrist 1902. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Choridactylus Richardson 1848 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:479 [ref. 6385], Mandrytsa 2001:266 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Choridactylus Richardson 1848. Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae.

Choridactylus Richardson [J.] 1848:8 Masc. Choridactylus multibarbus Richardson 1848. Type by monotypy. Chorismodactylus Günther 1860:89, 151 [ref. 1963] is an unjustified emendation. •Valid as Choridactylus Richardson 1848 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979 [ref. 6385], Washington et al. 1984:440 [ref. 13660], Eschmeyer 1986:464 [ref. 5652], Poss & Mee 1995:1 [ref. 21656], Poss 1999:2294 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:266 [ref. 25636], Motomura 2009:72 [ref. 30446], Golani & Fricke 2018:56 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Choridactylus Richardson 1848. Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae.

Chorismopelor Chevey [P.] 1927:222 Neut. Chorismopelor joubini Chevey 1927. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Inimicus Jordan & Starks 1904 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:483 [ref. 6385], Mandrytsa 2001:266 [ref. 25636], Inaba & Motomura 2018:53 [ref. 36154]). Current status: Synonym of Inimicus Jordan & Starks 1904. Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae.

Corythobatus Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1027 [45] Masc. Scorpaena monodactyla Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Minous Cuvier 1829, not preoccupied by Minois Hübner 1816 in Lepidoptera. On page 45 of separate. •Objective synonym of Minous Cuvier 1829 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:454 [ref. 1277], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:115 [ref. 15964], Mandrytsa 2001:266 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Minous Cuvier 1829. Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae.

Decterias Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904:154 Masc. Minous pusillus Temminck & Schlegel 1843. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Minous Cuvier 1829 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:454 [ref. 1277], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:115 [ref. 15964], Mandrytsa 2001:266 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Minous Cuvier 1829. Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae.

Inimicus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904:158 Masc. Pelor japonicum Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation. •Valid as Inimicus Jordan & Starks 1904 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:483 [ref. 6385], Washington et al. 1984:440 [ref. 13660], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:318 [ref. 6441], Eschmeyer 1986:464 [ref. 5652], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:117 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:442 [ref. 12442], Poss 1999:2294 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:266 [ref. 25636], Allen et al. 2006:904 [ref. 29078], Motomura 2009:73 [ref. 30446], Motomura et al. 2017:69 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:137 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:56 [ref. 36273], Inaba & Motomura 2018:53 [ref. 36154], Fricke et al. 2019:104 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Inimicus Jordan & Starks 1904. Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae.

Lysodermus Smith [H. M.] & Pope [T. E. B.] 1906:483 Masc. Lysodermus satsumae Smith & Pope 1906. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Minous Cuvier 1829 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:454 [ref. 1277], Mandrytsa 2001:266 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Minous Cuvier 1829. Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae.

Minous Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:420 Masc. Scorpaena monodactyla Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1876:6 [ref. 12248] and 1876:298 [ref. 450] as Minous monodactylus Cuvier & Valenciennes. •Valid as Minous Cuvier 1829 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:453 [ref. 1277], Amaoka & Kanayama 1981 [ref. 5579], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:318 [ref. 6441], Eschmeyer 1986:464 [ref. 5652], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:115 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:443 [ref. 12442], Mandrytsa 1990 [ref. 19218], Poss 1999:2294 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:266 [ref. 25636], Allen et al. 2006:905 [ref. 29078], Motomura 2009:73 [ref. 30446], Fricke et al. 2018:137 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:57 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma & Motomura 2018:201 [ref. 36053], Naranji et al. 2022:[3] 414 [ref. 39305], Ray et al. 2022:506 [ref. 39087]). Current status: Valid as Minous Cuvier 1829. Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae.

Paraminous Fowler [H. W.] 1943:68 Masc. Paraminous quincarinatus Fowler 1943. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Minous Cuvier 1829 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:454 [ref. 1277], Mandrytsa 2001:266 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Minous Cuvier 1829. Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae.

Pelor Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:427 Neut. Pelor filamentosum Cuvier 1829. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared first as "Les Pélors" in Cuvier (Apr.) 1829 [ref. 995], not latinized ["Pel. obscurum in footnote not sufficient]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Pelor Bonelli 1813 in Coleoptera, replaced by Simopias Gill 1905. Spelled Pelors by Gray 1835:Pl. 90. Type designated by Desmarest 1856:215 [ref. 17401] -- see Whitley 1939:223 [ref. 25866] but Whitley has wrong date for Desmarest. •In the synonymy of Inimicus Jordan & Starks 1904 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:483 [ref. 6385], Mandrytsa 2001:266 [ref. 25636], Inaba & Motomura 2018:53 [ref. 36154]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Inimicus Jordan & Starks 1904. Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae.

Simopias Gill [T. N.] 1905:224 Masc. Scorpaena didactyla Pallas 1769. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Pelor Cuvier 1829, preoccupied by Pelor Bonelli 1813 in Coleoptera. Treated as a subgenus of Inimicus, but Gill wrongly thought filamentosum was type species of Pelor. •Synonym of Inimicus Jordan & Starks 1904 -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:483 [ref. 6385], Mandrytsa 2001:266 [ref. 25636], Inaba & Motomura 2018:53 [ref. 36154]). Current status: Synonym of Inimicus Jordan & Starks 1904. Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae.


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