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Species in the family or subfamily Mordaciidae: [ 5 ] records

acutidens, Petromyzon Philippi [R. A.] 1865:107 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 31 (pt. 1); ref. 13953] Chile. No types known. •Synonym of Geotria australis Gray 1851 -- (Kullander & Fernholm in Reis et al. 2003:11 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Mordacia lapicida (Gray 1851) -- (Renaud 2011:19 [ref. 31770]). Current status: Synonym of Mordacia lapicida (Gray 1851). Mordaciidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

anwandteri, Petromyzon Philippi [R. A.] 1863:207, Pl. 10b [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 29 (pt. 1); ref. 18549] Valdivia, Chile. No types known. •Synonym of Mordacia lapicida (Gray 1851) -- (Renaud 2011:19 [ref. 31770]). Current status: Synonym of Mordacia lapicida (Gray 1851). Mordaciidae.

lapicida, Caragola Gray [J. E.] 1851:143, Pl. 1 (fig. 5) [List of the specimens of fish in the collection of the British Museum.; ref. 4939] Valparaíso, Chile. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1951.10.4.1. •Valid as Mordacia lapicida (Gray 1851) -- (Pequeño 1989:5 [ref. 14125], Dyer 2000:84 [ref. 26678], Yamazaki & Goto 2000:8 [ref. 24514], Kullander & Fernholm in Reis et al. 2003:12 [ref. 27061], Lang et al. 2009:50 [ref. 31599] but possibly in genus Caragola, Renaud 2011:19 [ref. 31770], Reis et al. 2016:18 [ref. 34496], Miller et al. 2021:[11] [ref. 38264]). Current status: Valid as Mordacia lapicida (Gray 1851). Mordaciidae. Distribution: South America: rivers of central and southern Chile. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

mordax, Petromyzon Richardson [J.] 1846:62, Pl. 38 (figs. 3-6) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Tasmania, Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1855.10.3.84. •Valid as Mordacia mordax (Richardson 1846) -- (Cadwallader & Backhouse 1983:48 [ref. 25473], Paxton et al. 1989:24 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:83 [ref. 22532], Potter in McDowall 1996:33 [ref. 22909], Chilcott & Humphries 1996:145 [ref. 25528], Yamazaki & Goto 2000:8 [ref. 24514], Allen et al. 2002:52 [ref. 25930], Hammer & Walker 2004:88 [ref. 28129], Paxton et al. 2006:44 [ref. 28994], Gomon 2008:28 [ref. 30616], Lang et al. 2009:44 [ref. 31599], Renaud 2011:21 [ref. 31770], Hammer et al. 2012:63 [ref. 32389], Kuiter 2018:8 [ref. 36369], Miller et al. 2021:[10] [ref. 38264], Carpenter-Bundhoo & Moffatt 2024:549 [ref. 41361]). Current status: Valid as Mordacia mordax (Richardson 1846). Mordaciidae. Distribution: Southeastern and southern Australia: Queensland to Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

praecox, Mordacia Potter [I. C.] 1968:254, Pl. 14 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 92 (pt 3, no. 415); ref. 7910] Moruya River, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype: AMS IB.7936. Paratypes: AMS IB.7937 (1, allotype). •Valid as Mordacia praecox Potter 1968 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:24 [ref. 12442], Potter in McDowall 1996:34 [ref. 22909], Yamazaki & Goto 2000:8 [ref. 24514], Unmack 2001:1060 [ref. 25797], Allen et al. 2002:53 [ref. 25930], Paxton et al. 2006:44 [ref. 28994], Lang et al. 2009:43 [ref. 31599], Renaud 2011:22 [ref. 31770], Miller et al. 2021:[10] [ref. 38264], Carpenter-Bundhoo & Moffatt 2024:549 [ref. 41361]). Current status: Valid as Mordacia praecox Potter 1968. Mordaciidae. Distribution: Australia: Victoria and southern New South Wales. Habitat: freshwater.