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


Aperioptus Richardson [J.] 1848:27 Masc. Aperioptus pictorius Richardson 1848. Type by monotypy. •Unidentifiable -- (Roberts 1972:2 [ref. 12567]). •Possibly synonymy of Acantopsis van Hasselt 1823 -- (Kottelat 2012:22 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:177 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Aperioptus Richardson 1848 -- (Page & Tangjitjaroen 2015:179 [ref. 33815]). •Questionably in family Gonorynchidae -- (Kottelat 2020:298 [ref. 37435]). Current status: Uncertain as Aperioptus Richardson 1848. Gonorynchidae.

Gonorhynchus Cuvier [G.] 1816:196 Masc. Cyprinus gonorynchus Linnaeus 1766. Type by monotypy. Misspelled Gonorhyncus in Griffith & Smith 1834:383 [ref. 1908]. •Junior objective synonym of Gonorynchus Scopoli 1777 -- (Kottelat 2016:444 [ref. 34856]). Current status: Synonym of Gonorynchus Scopoli 1777. Gonorynchidae.

Gonorynchus Gronow [L. T.] 1763:56 Masc. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 261). •Name made available by Scopoli 1777. Suppressed. Gonorynchidae.

Gonorynchus Scopoli [J. A.] (ex Gronow) 1777:450 Masc. Cyprinus gonorynchus Linnaeus 1766. Described without species; first addition of species not researched. Based on Gonorynchus of Gronow 1763:55 [ref. 1910]. See also Gonorinchus Bosc 1817:v. 13, p. 301 [ref. 5126] as discussed by Whitley 1936:190 [ref. 6397]. Original spelling is Gonorynchus; also seen as Gonorhynchus and Gonorrhynchus. The correct genus spelling is Gonorynchus and the correct family spelling is Gonorynchidae contra Nelson 1994:128 [ref. 26204]. •Valid as Gonorynchus Scopoli 1777 -- (see Howes 1985 [ref. 5148], Smith 1986:209 [ref. 5712], Paxton et al. 1989:214 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:227 [ref. 22532], Grande 1999:455 [ref. 23803], Ferraris 1999:1826 [ref. 24731], Gomon 2008:195 [ref. 30616], Fricke et al. 2009:22 [ref. 30213], Kottelat 2016:443 [ref. 34856], Motomura et al. 2017:46 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:58 [ref. 35805], Brown et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Gonorynchus Scopoli 1777. Gonorynchidae.

Rynchana Richardson [J.] 1845:44 Fem. Rynchana greyi Richardson 1845. Type by monotypy. Originally (1845) spelled Rynchana and that spelling should stand; spelled Rhynchana by Richardson on p. v. published in 1848, where Richardson referred genus to Gonorhynchus. •Synonym of Gonorynchus Scopoli 1777 -- (Grande [T] 1999:455 [ref. 23803]). Current status: Synonym of Gonorynchus Scopoli 1777. Gonorynchidae.


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