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Genera in the family or subfamily Emmelichthyidae: [ 5 ] records

Boxaodon Guichenot [A.] 1848:208 Masc. Boxaodon cyanescens Guichenot 1848. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Emmelichthys Richardson 1845 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1977:378 [ref. 7057]). Current status: Synonym of Emmelichthys Richardson 1845. Emmelichthyidae.

Emmelichthys Richardson [J.] 1845:47 Masc. Emmelichthys nitidus Richardson 1845. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Emmelichthys Richardson 1845 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1977:378 [ref. 7057], Scott 1983:194 [ref. 5346], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:161 [ref. 6441], Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:216 [ref. 14235], Heemstra 1986:637 [ref. 5660], Oyarzún G. & Arriaza Z. 1993:342 [ref. 22360], Gomon et al. 1994:596 [ref. 22532], Yoshino & Kon 2000:63 [ref. 24912], Carpenter 2001:2839 [ref. 26098], Heemstra 2003:1476 [ref. 27090], Allen 2006:1190 [ref. 29089], Gomon 2008:585 [ref. 30616], Shinohara et al. 2011:49 [ref. 31715], Hagiwara & Okabe 2012:29 [ref. 32089], Fricke et al. 2014:83 [ref. 33406], Trnski 2015:1276 [ref. 34198], Motomura et al. 2017:128 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:192 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:89 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:180 [ref. 36444], Girard et al. 2024:95 [ref. 40952]). Current status: Valid as Emmelichthys Richardson 1845. Emmelichthyidae.

Erythrichthys Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1845:117 Masc. Emmelichthys schlegeli Richardson 1846. Type by subsequent monotypy. Original description without species; one species added by Richardson 1846:372 [ref. 3742] and Erythrichthys synonymized with Emmelichthys. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Erythrichthys Bonaparte 1831 in fishes, replaced by Erythrocles Jordan 1919. •Synonym of Erythrocles Jordan 1919 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1977:371 [ref. 7057]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Erythrocles Jordan 1919. Emmelichthyidae.

Erythrocles Jordan [D. S.] 1919:342 Masc. Emmelichthys schlegelii Richardson 1846. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Erythrichthys Temminck & Schlegel 1845, preoccupied by Erythrichthys Bonaparte 1831 in fishes. •Valid as Erythrocles Jordan 1919 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1977:371 [ref. 7057], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:160 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:638 [ref. 5660], Randall & Rivaton 1992 [ref. 20254], Oyarzún G. & Arriaza Z. 1993:342 [ref. 22360], Miyahara & Okamura 1998:85 [ref. 23345], Carpenter 2001:2839 [ref. 26098], Heemstra 2003:1476 [ref. 27090], Shinohara et al. 2011:49 [ref. 31715], Girard et al. 2024:105 [ref. 40952]). Current status: Valid as Erythrocles Jordan 1919. Emmelichthyidae.

Plagiogeneion Forbes [H. O.] 1890:273 Neut. Therapon rubiginosus Hutton 1875. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Plagiogeneion Forbes 1890 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1977:366 [ref. 7057], Heemstra 1986:638 [ref. 5660], Parin 1991:459 [ref. 19174], Oyarzún G. & Arriaza Z 1993:341 [ref. 22360], Gomon et al. 1994:596 [ref. 22532], Allen 2006:1191 [ref. 29089], Gomon 2008:586 [ref. 30616], Trnski 2015:1277 [ref. 34198], Girard et al. 2024:105 [ref. 40952]). Current status: Valid as Plagiogeneion Forbes 1890. Emmelichthyidae.