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Genera in the family or subfamily Derichthyidae: [ 3 ] records


Derichthys Gill [T. N.] 1884:433 Masc. Derichthys serpentinus Gill 1884. Type by monotypy. Derichtys is a misspelling. •Valid as Derichthys Gill 1884 -- (Blache et al. 1973:244 [ref. 7185], Karmovskaya 1985:885 [ref. 21815], Bauchot & Saldanha in Whitehead et al. 1986:575 with author as Schmidt 1930, Castle 1986:192 [ref. 5644], Robins 1989:424 [ref. 13289], Smith 1999:1672 [ref. 24661], Smith 2003:735 [ref. 26989], Paxton et al. 2006:281 [ref. 28995], Smith & Stewart 2015:260 [ref. 34234], Fricke et al. 2018:47 [ref. 35805], Brown et al. 2019:156 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Derichthys Gill 1884. Derichthyidae.

Grammatocephalus Norman [J. R.] 1930:338 Masc. Grammatocephalus kempi Norman 1930. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Derichthys Gill 1884 -- (Blache et al. 1973:244 [ref. 7185], Karmovskaya 1985:885 [ref. 21815], Robins 1989:424 [ref. 13289]). Current status: Synonym of Derichthys Gill 1884. Derichthyidae.

Nessorhamphus Schmidt [E. J.] 1931:372 Masc. Leptocephalus ingolfianus Schmidt 1912. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Nessorhamphus Schmidt 1931 -- (Blache et al. 1973:246 [ref. 7185], Karmovskaya 1985:891 [ref. 21815], Bauchot & Saldanha in Whitehead et al. 1986:576 [ref. 13676], Castle 1986:192 [ref. 5644], Paxton et al. 1989:124 [ref. 12442], Robins 1989:427 [ref. 13289], Smith 1999:1672 [ref. 24661], Smith 2003:735 [ref. 26989], Paxton et al. 2006:281 [ref. 28995], Smith & Stewart 2015:261 [ref. 34234], Bañón et al. 2016:304 [ref. 34397], Fricke et al. 2018:47 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Nessorhamphus Schmidt 1931. Derichthyidae.


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