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         Comments: Richard van der Laan, Ron Fricke

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Genera in the family or subfamily Goodeidae: [ 25 ] records


Allodontichthys Hubbs [C. L.] & Turner [C. L.] 1939:49 Masc. Zoogoneticus zonistius Hubbs 1932. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Allodontichthys Hubbs & Turner 1939 -- (Miller & Uyeno 1980 [ref. 5576], Uyeno et al. 1983:501 [ref. 6818], Rauchenberger 1988 [ref. 6411], Scharpf 2007:25 [ref. 30398], Huber 2019:19 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:123 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Allodontichthys Hubbs & Turner 1939. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Alloophorus Hubbs [C. L.] & Turner [C. L.] 1939:40 Masc. Fundulus robustus Bean 1892. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Name appeared first in Turner 1937:507 et seq. [ref. 6400], without clear differentiating characters. •Valid as Alloophorus Hubbs & Turner 1939 -- (Uyeno et al. 1983:501 [ref. 6818], Scharpf 2007:25 [ref. 30398], Huber 2019:20 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:126 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Alloophorus Hubbs & Turner 1939. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Allotoca Hubbs [C. L.] & Turner [C. L.] 1939:55 Fem. Fundulus dugesii Bean 1887. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Name appeared first in Turner 1937:498 et seq. [ref. 6400], without clear differentiating characters. •Valid as Allotoca Hubbs & Turner 1939 -- (Smith & Miller 1980 [ref. 6906], Uyeno et al. 1983:501 [ref. 6818], Smith & Miller 1987:610 [ref. 6773], Meyer et al. 2001:455 [ref. 25811], Scharpf 2007:25 [ref. 30398], Huber 2019:20 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:127 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Allotoca Hubbs & Turner 1939. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Ameca Miller [R. R.] & Fitzsimons [J. M.] 1971:3 Fem. Ameca splendens Miller & Fitzsimons 1971. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Ameca Miller & Fitzsimons 1971 -- (Uyeno et al. 1983:503 [ref. 6818], Scharpf 2007:26 [ref. 30398], Minckley & Marsh 2009:233 [ref. 31114], Huber 2019:23 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:130 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Ameca Miller & Fitzsimons 1971. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Ataeniobius Hubbs [C. L.] & Turner [C. L.] 1939:39 Masc. Goodea toweri Meek 1904. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Name appeared first in Turner 1937:510 et seq. [ref. 6400], without clear differentiating characters. •Valid as Ataeniobius Hubbs & Turner 1939 -- (Parenti 1981:519 [ref. 7066], Uyeno et al. 1983:503 [ref. 6818], Scharpf 2007:26 [ref. 30398], Huber 2019:23 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:131 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Ataeniobius Hubbs & Turner 1939. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Balsadichthys Hubbs [C. L.] 1926:19 Masc. Goodea whitei Meek 1904. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Ilyodon Eigenmann 1907 -- (Miller & Fitzsimons 1971:10 [ref. 3019], Huber 2019:23 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Ilyodon Eigenmann 1907. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Chapalichthys Meek [S. E.] 1902:97 Masc. Characodon encaustus Jordan & Snyder 1899. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Chapalichthys Meek 1902 -- (Uyeno et al. 1983:503 [ref. 6818], Scharpf 2007:26 [ref. 30398], Huber 2019:24 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:132 [ref. 37104], Piller et al. 2020:1007 [ref. 38043]). Current status: Valid as Chapalichthys Meek 1902. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Characodon Günther [A.] 1866:308 Masc. Characodon lateralis Günther 1866. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Characodon Günther 1866 -- (Fitzsimons 1972:731 [ref. 7117], Uyeno et al. 1983: 503 [ref. 6818], Smith & Miller 1986 [ref. 5711], Scharpf 2007:26 [ref. 30398], Huber 2019:24 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:133 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Characodon Günther 1866. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Crenichthys Hubbs [C. L.] 1932:3 Masc. Crenichthys nevadae Hubbs 1932. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Crenichthys Hubbs 1932 -- (Parenti 1981:517 [ref. 7066], Grant & Riddle 1995:209 [ref. 22414], Lazara 2001:71 [ref. 25711], Huber 2005:15 [ref. 28394], Scharpf 2007:27 [ref. 30398], Minckley & Marsh 2009:242 [ref. 31114]). Current status: Valid as Crenichthys Hubbs 1932. Goodeidae: Empetrichthyinae.

Empetrichthys Gilbert [C. H.] 1893:233 Masc. Empetrichthys merriami Gilbert 1893. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Empetrichthys Gilbert 1893 -- (Parenti 1981:516 [ref. 7066], Grant & Riddle 1995:209 [ref. 22414], Wildekamp 1996:11 [ref. 23649], Lazara 2001:97 [ref. 25711], Huber 2005:15 [ref. 28394], Scharpf 2007:27 [ref. 30398]). Current status: Valid as Empetrichthys Gilbert 1893. Goodeidae: Empetrichthyinae.

Girardinichthys Bleeker [P.] 1860:481 Masc. Girardinichthys innominatus Bleeker 1860. Type by monotypy. Limnurgus Günther 1866 is an unneeded replacement. •Valid as Girardinichthys Bleeker 1860 -- (Miller & Fitzsimons 1971:10 [ref. 3019], Uyeno et al. 1983:503 [ref. 6818], Radda & Meyer 2003:7 [ref. 27522], Scharpf 2007:27 [ref. 30398], Huber 2019:25 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:135 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Girardinichthys Bleeker 1860. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Goodea Jordan [D. S.] 1880:299 Fem. Goodea atripinnis Jordan 1880. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Goodea Jordan 1880 -- (Parenti 1981:519 [ref. 7066], Uyeno et al. 1983:503 [ref. 6818], Scharpf 2007:28 [ref. 30398], Huber 2019:27 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:137 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Goodea Jordan 1880. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Hubbsina de Buen [F.] 1940:135 Fem. Hubbsina turneri de Buen 1940. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Hubbsina de Buen 1940 -- (Uyeno et al. 1983:505 [ref. 6818], Scharpf 2007:28 [ref. 30398]). •Synonym of Girardinichthys Bleeker 1860, but a valid subgenus Hubbsina -- (Radda & Meyer 2003:7 [ref. 27522], Huber 2019:29 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Girardinichthys Bleeker 1860. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Ilyodon Eigenmann [C. H.] 1907:425, 427 Neut. Ilyodon paraguayense Eigenmann 1907. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Described with the type species as paraguayense, so the genus is neuter. •Valid as Ilyodon Eigenmann 1907 -- (Miller & Fitzsimons 1971:10 [ref. 3019], Uyeno et al. 1983:505 [ref. 6818], Paulo-Maya & Trujilo-Jiménez 2000:465 [ref. 25257], Scharpf 2007:28 [ref. 30398], Beltrán-López et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35506], Huber 2019:30 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:138 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Ilyodon Eigenmann 1907. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Lermichthys Hubbs [C. L.] 1926:18 Masc. Characodon multiradiatus Meek 1904. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Girardinichthys Bleeker 1860 -- (Miller & Fitzsimons 1971:10 [ref. 3019], Huber 2019:31 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Girardinichthys Bleeker 1860. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Limnurgus Günther [A.] 1866:309 Masc. Girardinichthys innominatus Bleeker 1860. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for and objective synonym of Girardinichthys Bleeker, both genus and species thought by Günther to be barbarous names; L. variegatus an unneeded new name for G. innominatus. •Synonym of Girardinichthys Bleeker 1860 -- (Huber 2019:31 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Girardinichthys Bleeker 1860. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Neoophorus Hubbs [C. L.] & Turner [C. L.] 1939:50 Masc. Zoogoneticus diazi Meek 1902. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Name appeared first in Turner 1937:498 et seq. [ref. 6400], without clear differentiating characters. •Valid as Neoophorus Hubbs & Turner 1939 -- (Uyeno et al. 1983:505 [ref. 6818], Meyer et al. 2001:455 [ref. 25811], Lyons et al. 2019:140 [ref. 37104]). •Synonym of Allotoca Hubbs & Turner 1939 -- (Huber 2019:32 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Allotoca Hubbs & Turner 1939. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Neotoca Hubbs [C. L.] & Turner [C. L.] 1939:71 Fem. Characodon bilineatus Bean 1887. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Name appeared first in Turner 1937:497 et seq. [ref. 6400], without clear differentiating characters. •Synonym of Skiffia Meek 1902 -- (Miller & Fitzsimons 1971:10 [ref. 3019]). •Synonym of Skiffia Meek 1902, but a valid subgenus Neotoca -- (Uyeno et al. 1983:505 [ref. 6818]). •Valid as Neotoca Hubbs & Turner 1939 -- (Huber 2019:32 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:140 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Neotoca Hubbs & Turner 1939. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Ollentodon Hubbs [C. L.] & Turner [C. L.] 1939:70 Masc. Xenendum multipunctatum Pellegrin 1901. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Name appeared first in Turner 1937:503, et seq. [ref. 6400], without clear differentiating characters. •Synonym of Skiffia Meek 1902 -- (Miller & Fitzsimons 1971 [ref. 3019], Huber 2019:33 [ref. 36941]). •Synonym of Skiffia Meek 1902, but a valid subgenus Ollentodon -- (Uyeno et al. 1983:505 [ref. 6818]). Current status: Synonym of Skiffia Meek 1902. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Skiffia Meek [S. E.] 1902:102 Fem. Skiffia lermae Meek 1902. Type by original designation. •Valid as Skiffia Meek 1902 -- (Miller & Fitzsimons 1971:10 [ref. 3019], Uyeno et al. 1983:505 [ref. 6818], Scharpf 2007:28 [ref. 30398], Huber 2019:33 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:141 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Skiffia Meek 1902. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Xenendum Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1899:127 Neut. Xenendum caliente Jordan & Snyder 1899. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Goodea Jordan 1880 -- (Huber 2019:34 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Goodea Jordan 1880. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Xenoophorus Hubbs [C. L.] & Turner [C. L.] 1939:51 Masc. Goodea captiva Hubbs 1924. Type by original designation. Name appeared first in Turner 1937:496 et seq. [ref. 6400], without clear differentiating characters and no fixation of type species. •Valid as Xenoophorus Hubbs & Turner 1939 -- (Fitzsimons 1979:3 [ref. 36111], Uyeno et al. 1983:507 [ref. 6818], Scharpf 2007:29 [ref. 30398], Huber 2019:34 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:143 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Xenoophorus Hubbs & Turner 1939. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Xenotaenia Turner [C. L.] 1946:6 Fem. Xenotaenia resolanae Turner 1946. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Xenotaenia Turner 1946 -- (Uyeno et al. 1983:507 [ref. 6818], Scharpf 2007:29 [ref. 30398], Huber 2019:36 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:143 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Xenotaenia Turner 1946. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Xenotoca Hubbs [C. L.] & Turner [C. L.] 1939:41 Fem. Characodon variatus Bean 1887. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Name appeared first in Turner 1937:508 et seq. [ref. 6400], without clear differentiating characters. •Valid as Xenotoca Hubbs & Turner 1939 -- (Fitzsimons 1972:739 [ref. 7117], Uyeno et al. 1983:507 [ref. 6818], Scharpf 2007:29 [ref. 30398], Domínguez-Domínguez et al. 2016:81 [ref. 34884], Huber 2019:36 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Xenotoca Hubbs & Turner 1939. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.

Zoogoneticus Meek [S. E.] 1902:91 Masc. Platypoecilus quitzeoensis Bean 1898. Type by original designation. •Valid as Zoogoneticus Meek 1902 -- (Uyeno et al. 1983:507 [ref. 6818], Webb & Miller 1998:3 [ref. 23734], Scharpf 2007:30 [ref. 30398], Domínguez-Domínguez et al. 2008:374 [ref. 30098], Huber 2019:37 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:147 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Zoogoneticus Meek 1902. Goodeidae: Goodeinae.


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