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Genera in the family or subfamily Osmeridae: [ 11 ] records

Allosmerus Hubbs [C. L.] 1925:53 Masc. Osmerus attenuatus Lockington 1880. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Allosmerus Hubbs 1925 -- (McAllister 1963:24 [ref. 8075], Pietsch & Orr 2015:20 [ref. 34694]). Current status: Valid as Allosmerus Hubbs 1925. Osmeridae.

Eperlanio Jordan [D. S.] 1919:341 Masc. Osmerus albatrossis Jordan & Gilbert 1898. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Described as a "genus or subgenus" [of Osmerus]. •Synonym of Thaleichthys Girard 1858 -- (McAllister 1963:22 [ref. 8075]). Current status: Synonym of Thaleichthys Girard 1858. Osmeridae.

Eperlanus Rutty [J.] 1772:358 Masc. Eperlanus schonfoldii Rutty 1772. Type by monotypy. Not available, no distinguishing features for either genus or species. •In the synonymy of Osmerus Linnaeus 1758 -- (McAllister 1963:15 [ref. 8075], Kljukanov & McAllister 1973:158 [ref. 7178]). Current status: Synonym of Osmerus Linnaeus 1758. Osmeridae.

Eperlanus Valenciennes [A.] in Gaimard 1851:Pl. Masc. Salmo eperlanus Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Not seen, name on plate, quoted from Jordan 1919:249 [ref. 2410]. Date tentative. •Objective synonym of Osmerus Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Osmerus Linnaeus 1758. Osmeridae.

Hypomesus Gill [T. N.] 1862:15 Masc. Argentina pretiosa Girard 1854. Type by monotypy. See Mesopus Gill 1862. Technical first reviser (if needed) selecting Hypomesus over Mesopus; see Gill 1862:332 [ref. 1668]. •Valid as Hypomesus Gill 1862 -- (McAllister 1963:27 [ref. 8075], Uyeno in Masuda et al. 1984:33 [ref. 6441], Saruwatari et al. 1997:61 [ref. 23753], Dorofeeva 1998:50 [ref. 23573], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:170 [ref. 25968], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:126 [ref. 28183], Scharpf 2006:22 [ref. 30386], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:346 [ref. 29996], Parin et al. 2014:113 [ref. 33547], Zhang et al. 2016:186 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2016:673 [ref. 34853]). Current status: Valid as Hypomesus Gill 1862. Osmeridae.

Mallotus Cuvier [G.] 1829:305 Masc. Salmo groenlandicus Bloch 1794 (= Clupea villosa Müller 1776). Type by subsequent designation. Earliest subsequent designation not researched. Fowler 1974:110 [ref. 7180] and Jordan & Evermann 1896:520 [ref. 2443] list villosa as type; Cuvier includes villosa Gmelin (which apparently is villosa Müller) and groenlandicus Bloch. Jordan 1917:130 [ref. 2407] lists groenlandicus (villosa Gmelin) as type. •Valid as Mallotus Cuvier 1829 -- (McAllister 1963:37 [ref. 8075], Kljukanov & McAllister 1973:159 [ref. 7178], McAllister in Whitehead et al. 1984:399 [ref. 13675], Uyeno in Masuda et al. 1984:33 [ref. 6441], Dorofeeva 1998:51 [ref. 23573], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:170 [ref. 25968], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:127 [ref. 28183], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:118 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:115 [ref. 33547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:20 [ref. 34694], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:29 [ref. 34440], Dyldin & Orlov 2016:674 [ref. 34853]). Current status: Valid as Mallotus Cuvier 1829. Osmeridae.

Mesopus Gill [T. N.] 1862:14 Masc. Argentina pretiosa Girard 1854. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Introduced as a proofing error (see Jordan 1919:313 [ref. 4904]) for Hypomesus Gill on p. 15. •Objective synonym of Hypomesus Gill 1862 -- (Saruwatari et al. 1997:59 [ref. 23753], Parin et al. 2014:113 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Hypomesus Gill 1862. Osmeridae.

Osmerus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:229 Masc. Salmo eperlanus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. ICZN Direction 69 gives authorship of this genus to Linnaeus 1758; see also Whitley 1935:137 [ref. 6396] who regards Bory de Saint-Vincent, v. 6, 1824:204 [ref. 3853] as the first to designate the type for Osmerus Lacepède. Objective synonym of and preoccupied by Osmerus Linnaeus as validated by ICZN. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Osmerus Linnaeus 1758. Osmeridae.

Osmerus (subgenus of Salmo) Linnaeus [C.] 1758:310 Masc. Salmo eperlanus Linnaeus 1758. Originally as "Osmeri" a subgroup of Salmo; with two species; made available by ICZN (Opinion 77; Direction 69). Type designated by the ICZN using plenary powers; on Official List (Opinion 77). •Valid as Osmerus Linnaeus 1758 -- (McAllister 1963:15 [ref. 8075], Kljukanov & McAllister 1973:158 [ref. 7178], Luey et al. 1982 [ref. 6822], McAllister in Whitehead et al. 1984:401 [ref. 13675], Uyeno in Masuda et al. 1984:33 [ref. 6441], Dorofeeva 1998:51 [ref. 23573], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:170 [ref. 25968], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:128 [ref. 28183], Scharpf 2006:22 [ref. 30386], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:346 [ref. 29996], Minckley & Marsh 2009:100 [ref. 31114], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:118 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:116 [ref. 33547], Zhang et al. 2016:187 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2016:675 [ref. 34853]). Current status: Valid as Osmerus Linnaeus 1758. Osmeridae.

Spirinchus (subgenus of Osmerus) Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] (ex Jonston) 1896:522 Masc. Osmerus thaleichthys Ayres 1860. Type by original designation. •Valid as Spirinchus Jordan & Evermann 1896 -- (McAllister 1963:7 [ref. 8075], Uyeno in Masuda et al. 1984:33 [ref. 6441], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:170 [ref. 25968], Scharpf 2006:22 [ref. 30386], Pietsch & Orr 2015:21 [ref. 34694]). Current status: Valid as Spirinchus Jordan & Evermann 1896. Osmeridae.

Thaleichthys Girard [C. F.] 1858:325 Masc. Thaleichthys stevensi Girard 1858. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Thaleichthys Girard 1858 -- (McAllister 1963:22 [ref. 8075], Stearley & Smith 1993:31 [ref. 26683], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:170 [ref. 25968], Scharpf 2006:23 [ref. 30386], Pietsch & Orr 2015:21 [ref. 34694]). Current status: Valid as Thaleichthys Girard 1858. Osmeridae.