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Genera in the family or subfamily Latilidae: [ 7 ] records


Branchiostegus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1815:86 Masc. Coryphaenoides hottuynii Lacepède 1801 (= Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn 1782). Type by being a replacement name. As "Branchiostegus L. [sic for R.=Rafinesque] Coryphaenoides Lac." Available replacement name for Coryphaenoides Lacepède 1801 (not of Gunner). Regarded as the family Branchiostegidae by some authors. •Valid as Branchiostegus Rafinesque 1815 -- (Dooley & Paxton 1975 [ref. 7419], Dooley 1978:30 [ref. 5499], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:151 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:613 [ref. 5660], Dooley & Kailola 1988 [ref. 7299], Paxton et al. 1989:565 [ref. 12442], Imamura 2000:219 [ref. 24799], Dooley 1999:2633 [ref. 24837], Paxton et al. 2006:1127 [ref. 28995], Shinohara et al. 2011:49 [ref. 31715], Dooley & Iwatsuki 2012:32 [ref. 31853] in Branchiostegidae, Hiramatsu & Yoshina 2012:41 [ref. 32026], Fricke et al. 2018:177 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:80 [ref. 36273], Hiramatsu et al. 2019:133 [ref. 36928], Huang et al. 2025:129 [ref. 41905]). Current status: Valid as Branchiostegus Rafinesque 1815. Latilidae.

Caulolatilus Gill [T. N.] 1862:240 Masc. Latilus chrysops Valenciennes 1833. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Caulolatilus Gill 1862 -- (Dooley 1978:14 [ref. 5499], Dooley 1981 [ref. 5496], Marino & Dooley 1982:152 [ref. 5498], Imamura 2000:219 [ref. 24799], Dooley 2003:1399 [ref. 27086], Lea & Feeney 2013:[1] [ref. 32940], Robertson et al. 2017:86 [ref. 35676]). Current status: Valid as Caulolatilus Gill 1862. Latilidae.

Coryphaena Houttuyn [M.] 1782:315 Fem. Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn 1782. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Coryphaena Linnaeus 1758, replaced by Coryphaenoides Lacepède 1801 (preoccupied) and Branchiostegus Rafinesque 1815. •Synonym of Branchiostegus Rafinesque 1815 -- (Dooley 1978:31 [ref. 5499], Dooley & Kailola 1988:250 [ref. 7299], Gomon et al. 1994:590 [ref. 22532]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Branchiostegus Rafinesque 1815. Latilidae.

Coryphaenoides Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:219, 220 Masc. Coryphaenoides houttuyni Lacepède 1801 (= Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn 1782). Type by monotypy. Originally spelled Coryphenoïdes on p. 219 and Coryphænoïdes on p. 220. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Coryphaenoides Gunnerus 1765. Replaced by Branchiostegus Rafinesque 1815. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:262 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473] as Coryphænoïdes. •Synonym of Branchiostegus Rafinesque 1815 -- (Dooley 1978:31 [ref. 5499], Dooley & Kailola 1988:250 [ref. 7299]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Branchiostegus Rafinesque 1815. Latilidae.

Dekaya Cooper [J. G.] 1863:70 Fem. Dekaya anomala Cooper 1863. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Caulolatilus Gill 1862 -- (Dooley 1978:14 [ref. 5499]). Current status: Synonym of Caulolatilus Gill 1862. Latilidae.

Latilus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:368 Masc. Latilus argentatus Cuvier 1830. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1876:280 [ref. 447]. •Synonym of Branchiostegus Rafinesque 1815 -- (Dooley 1978:31 [ref. 5499], Dooley & Kailola 1988:250 [ref. 7299]). Current status: Synonym of Branchiostegus Rafinesque 1815. Latilidae.

Lopholatilus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1879:205 Masc. Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode & Bean 1879. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Lopholatilus Goode & Bean 1879 -- (Dooley 1978:47 [ref. 5499], Marino & Dooley 1982:152 [ref. 5498], Imamura 2000:219 [ref. 24799], Dooley 2003:1399 [ref. 27086]). Current status: Valid as Lopholatilus Goode & Bean 1879. Latilidae.


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