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


Eurypharynx Vaillant [L. L.] 1882:1226 Masc. Eurypharynx pelecanoides Vaillant 1882. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Eurypharynx Vaillant 1882 -- (Böhlke 1966:610 [ref. 5256], Bauchot 1973:218 [ref. 7184], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:32 [ref. 6441], Nielsen & Bertelsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:534 [ref. 13676], Paxton et al. 1989:109 [ref. 12442], Bertelsen et al. 1989:649 [ref. 13293], Nielsen et al. 1989 [ref. 14467], Smith 1999:1695 [ref. 24661], Smith 2003:760 [ref. 26989], Paxton & Gates 2006:307 [ref. 29007], Smith 2008:182 [ref. 30621], Parin et al. 2014:50 [ref. 33547], Nielsen 2015:297 [ref. 34240], Bañón et al. 2016:305 [ref. 34397]). Current status: Valid as Eurypharynx Vaillant 1882. Eurypharyngidae.

Gastrostomus Gill [T. N.] & Ryder [J. A.] 1883:271 Masc. Gastrostomus bairdii Gill & Ryder 1883. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Eurypharynx Vaillant 1882 -- (Böhlke 1966:610 [ref. 5256], Bauchot 1973:218 [ref. 7184], Bertelsen et al. 1989:649 [ref. 13293]). Current status: Synonym of Eurypharynx Vaillant 1882. Eurypharyngidae.

Jordanites Fowler [H. W.] 1925:75 Masc. Eurypharynx richardi Roule 1914. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Rouleina Fowler (Mar.) 1925, preoccupied by Rouleina Jordan 1923 in fishes; Fowler 1925:75 misspells as Rouelina. •Synonym of Eurypharynx Vaillant 1882 -- (Böhlke 1966:610 [ref. 5256], Bauchot 1973:218 [ref. 7184], Bertelsen et al. 1989:649 [ref. 13293]). Current status: Synonym of Eurypharynx Vaillant 1882. Eurypharyngidae.

Macropharynx Brauer [A.] 1902:290 Masc. Macropharynx longicaudatus Brauer 1902. Type by monotypy. Mentioned earlier by Brauer in Chun (1900:290 [ref. 629]) as Megalopharynx. •Synonym of Eurypharynx Vaillant 1882 -- (Böhlke 1966:610 [ref. 5256], Bauchot 1973:218 [ref. 7184], Bertelsen et al. 1989:649 [ref. 13293]). Current status: Synonym of Eurypharynx Vaillant 1882. Eurypharyngidae.

Megalopharynx Brauer [A.] 1900:521 Masc. Macropharynx longicaudatus Brauer 1902. Type by subsequent monotypy. Appeared first as above, without species; name changed to Macropharynx by Brauer 1902:290 [ref. 631] and 1906:134 [ref. 632]. •Synonym of Eurypharynx Vaillant 1882 -- (Böhlke 1966:610 [ref. 5256], Bauchot 1973:218 [ref. 7184], Bertelsen et al. 1989:649 [ref. 13293]). Current status: Synonym of Eurypharynx Vaillant 1882. Eurypharyngidae.

Rouleina (subgenus of Eurypharynx) Fowler [H. W.] 1925:2 Fem. Eurypharynx richardi Roule 1914. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Rouleina Jordan 1923 in fishes, replaced by Jordanites Fowler 1925. •In the synonymy of Eurypharynx Vaillant 1882 -- (Böhlke 1966:610 [ref. 5256], Bauchot 1973:218 [ref. 7184], Bertelsen et al. 1989:649 [ref. 13293], Gomon et al. 1994:243 [ref. 22532]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Eurypharynx Vaillant 1882. Eurypharyngidae.


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