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


Gorgasia Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1923:133 Fem. Gorgasia punctata Meek & Hildebrand 1923. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Gorgasia Meek & Hildebrand 1923 -- (Randall & Chess 1980 [ref. 6924], Robison & Lancraft 1984 [ref. 6812], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:29 [ref. 6441], Shao 1990 [ref. 19169], Smith 1989:484 [ref. 13285], Tyler & Smith 1992:7 [ref. 13559], Castle 1997:7 [ref. 22878], Castle & Randall 1999:31 [ref. 24042], Castle 1999:407 [ref. 24044], Smith 1999:1682 [ref. 24661], Smith 2002:833 [ref. 26549], Hoese & Gates 2006:295 [ref. 28997], Fricke et al. 2009:20 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2010:135 [ref. 30467], Zhang et al. 2010:218 [ref. 31511], Smith & Stewart 2015:282 [ref. 34234], Golani & Fricke 2018:25 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:54 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Gorgasia Meek & Hildebrand 1923. Congridae: Heterocongrinae.

Heteroconger Bleeker [P.] 1868:331 Masc. Heteroconger polyzona Bleeker 1868. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Heteroconger Bleeker 1868 -- (Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:29 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:142 [ref. 12442], Smith 1989:484 [ref. 13285], Tyler & Smith 1992:5 [ref. 13559], Tyler & Luckhurst 1994:90 [ref. 22552], Castle 1997:6 [ref. 22878], Castle & Randall 1999:12 [ref. 24042], Castle 1999:407 [ref. 24044], Smith 1999:1682 [ref. 24661], Smith 2002:833 [ref. 26549], Smith 2003:745 [ref. 26989], Hoese & Gates 2006:295 [ref. 28997], Fricke et al. 2009:21 [ref. 30213], Imamura 2009:23 [ref. 30434], Allen & Erdmann 2009:135 [ref. 30467], Fricke et al. 2018:50 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:25 [ref. 36273], Koeda et al. 2018:287 [ref. 35946], Fricke et al. 2019:54 [ref. 36673], Allen et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37319]). Current status: Valid as Heteroconger Bleeker 1868. Congridae: Heterocongrinae.

Nystactes Böhlke [J. E.] 1957:68 Masc. Nystactes halis Böhlke 1957. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Nystactes Gloger 1827 in Aves and Nystactes Kaup 1829 in Mammalia; replaced by Nystactichthys Böhlke 1958. •In the synonymy of Heteroconger Bleeker 1868 -- (Smith 1989:484 [ref. 13285], Castle & Randall 1999:3 [ref. 24042]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Heteroconger Bleeker 1868. Congridae: Heterocongrinae.

Nystactichthys Böhlke [J. E.] 1958:59 Masc. Nystactes halis Böhlke 1957. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Nystactes Böhlke 1957, preoccupied by Nystactes Gloger 1827 in Aves and Nystactes Kaup 1829 in Mammalia. •Synonym of Taenioconger Herre 1923 -- (Blache & Bauchot 1976:427 [ref. 305]). •Synonym of Heteroconger Bleeker 1868 -- (Smith 1989:485 [ref. 13285], Castle & Randall 1999:12 [ref. 24042]). Current status: Synonym of Heteroconger Bleeker 1868. Congridae: Heterocongrinae.

Taenioconger Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1923:152 Masc. Taenioconger chapmani Herre 1923. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Misspelled Taeniconger by Jordan 1923:131 [ref. 2421]. •Valid as Taenioconger Herre 1923 -- (Blache & Bauchot 1976:423 [ref. 305], Bauchot & Saldanha in Whitehead et al. 1986:573 [ref. 13676]). •Synonym of Heteroconger Bleeker 1868 -- (Smith 1989:484 [ref. 13285], Castle & Randall 1999:12 [ref. 24042]). Current status: Synonym of Heteroconger Bleeker 1868. Congridae: Heterocongrinae.

Xarifania Klausewitz [W.] & Eibl-Eibesfeldt [I.] 1959:137 Fem. Xarifania hassi Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt 1959. Type by original designation. •Valid as Xarifania Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt 1959 -- (Klausewitz & von Hentig 1975 [ref. 7093]). •Synonym of Heteroconger Bleeker 1868 -- (Smith 1989:485 [ref. 13285], Castle & Randall 1999:12 [ref. 24042]). Current status: Synonym of Heteroconger Bleeker 1868. Congridae: Heterocongrinae.


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