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Genera in the family or subfamily Ctenoluciidae: [ 6 ] records


Belonocharax Fowler [H. W.] 1907:464 Masc. Belonocharax beani Fowler 1907. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Ctenolucius Gill 1861 -- (Vari 1995:42 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:253 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Ctenolucius Gill 1861. Ctenoluciidae.

Boulengerella Eigenmann [C. H.] 1903:147 Fem. Xiphostoma lateristriga Boulenger 1895. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Boulengerella Eigenmann 1903 -- (Géry 1977:106 [ref. 1597], Taphorn 1992:403 [ref. 23654], Vari 1995:57 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061], Oliveira et al. 2011:12 [ref. 31685]). Current status: Valid as Boulengerella Eigenmann 1903. Ctenoluciidae.

Ctenolucius Gill [T. N.] 1861:8 Masc. Xiphostoma hujeta Valenciennes 1850. Type by subsequent monotypy. Appeared first without a definite species for specimens similar to Xiphostoma hujeta; type established by Bean 1908:701 [ref. 5014], who identified the specimens as X. hujeta. •Valid as Ctenolucius Gill 1861 -- (Géry 1977:103 [ref. 1597], Vari 1995:42 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:253 [ref. 27061], Oliveira et al. 2011:12 [ref. 31685]). Current status: Valid as Ctenolucius Gill 1861. Ctenoluciidae.

Luciocharax Steindachner [F.] 1878:91 Masc. Luciocharax insculptus Steindachner 1878. Type by monotypy. Also published in Steindachner 1879:67 [ref. 4227]. •Synonym of Ctenolucius Gill 1861 -- (Vari 1995:42 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:253 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Ctenolucius Gill 1861. Ctenoluciidae.

Spixostoma Whitley [G. P.] 1951:407 Neut. Xiphostoma cuvieri Spix & Agassiz 1829. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Xiphostoma Agassiz 1829, preoccupied by Xiphostoma Kirby & Spence 1818 in Hemiptera. •Synonym of Boulengerella Eigenmann 1903, but a valid subgenus Spixostoma -- (Géry 1977:106 [ref. 1597]). •Synonym of Boulengerella Eigenmann 1903 -- (Vari 1995:57 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Boulengerella Eigenmann 1903. Ctenoluciidae.

Xiphostoma Agassiz [L.] in Spix & Agassiz 1829:60, 78 Neut. Xiphostoma cuvieri Spix & Agassiz 1829. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Xiphostoma Kirby & Spence 1818 in Hemiptera, replaced by Spixostoma Whitley 1951. Spelled Xiphostomus by Swainson 1839:290 [ref. 4303], also Xyphostoma by authors. For authorship and date see Kottelat 1988:78 [ref. 13380]. •In the synonymy of Boulengerella Eigenmann 1903 -- (Taphorn 1992:403 [ref. 23654], Vari 1995:57 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Boulengerella Eigenmann 1903. Ctenoluciidae.


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