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Genera in the family or subfamily Lactariidae: [ 2 ] records

Lactarius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:237 Masc. Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes 1833 (= Scomber lactarius Bloch & Schneider 1801). Type by monotypy (also by absolute tautonymy of cited synonym); Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes is un unneeded replacement for S. lactarius. •Valid as Lactarius Valenciennes 1833 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:569 [ref. 12442], Leis 1999:2649 [ref. 24838], Paxton et al. 2006:1130 [ref. 28994], Motomura 2009:112 [ref. 30446], Fricke et al. 2019:143 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Lactarius Valenciennes 1833. Lactariidae.

Platylepes (subgenus of Seriola) Swainson [W.] 1839:176, 247 Fem. Scomber lactarius Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by monotypy. Apparently described independently of (but a synonym of) Lactarius Valenciennes 1833. •Synonym of Lactarius Valenciennes 1833. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Lactarius Valenciennes 1833. Lactariidae.