Please look in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes for authorships of sections, Families of Fishes (all), and related information.

Genera in the family or subfamily Paralepididae: [ 23 ] records

Arctozenus Gill [T. N.] 1864:188 Masc. Paralepis borealis Krøyer in Gaimard 1842 - 1856. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Post 1973:208 suggests in his synonymy that this genus is based on a misidentified type species, with Gill referring to borealis of Krøyer 1847 [ref. 18438] in Gaimard [ref. 1523] (not of Reinhardt 1837). Misspelled Actozenus in Zoological Record for 1864. •Valid as Arctozenus Gill 1864 -- (Post 1973:208 [ref. 7182], Post 1987:79 [ref. 6225], Post 1990:138 [ref. 21683], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:238 [ref. 25968], Thompson 2003:934 [ref. 27003], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944], Paxton et al. 2006:491 [ref. 28995], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:24 [ref. 36649], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:119 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:152 [ref. 33547], Stewart 2015:584 [ref. 34254], Pietsch & Orr 2015:24 [ref. 34694], Bañón et al. 2016:310 [ref. 34397], Fricke et al. 2018:73 [ref. 35805], Ho & Duhamel 2019:497 [ref. 36885]). Current status: Valid as Arctozenus Gill 1864. Paralepididae.

Bathysudis (subgenus of Paralepis) Parr [A. E.] 1928:41, 42 Fem. Paralepis speciosus Bellotti 1878. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Paralepis Cuvier 1816 -- (Post 1973:203 [ref. 7182]). Current status: Synonym of Paralepis Cuvier 1816. Paralepididae.

Dolichosudis Post [A.] 1969:15 Fem. Dolichosudis fuliginosa Post 1969. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Dolichosudis Post 1969 -- (Post 1980 [ref. 5577], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:77 [ref. 6441], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Thompson 2003:934 [ref. 27003], Ho et al. 2019:4 [ref. 37316]). Current status: Valid as Dolichosudis Post 1969. Paralepididae.

Lestidiops Hubbs [C. L.] 1916:154 Masc. Lestidiops sphyraenopsis Hubbs 1916. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Lestidiops Hubbs 1916 -- (Post 1973:205 [ref. 7182], Post in Whitehead et al. 1984:499 [ref. 13675], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:76 [ref. 6441], Post 1986:275 [ref. 5705], Paxton et al. 1989:246 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:271 [ref. 22532], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:236 [ref. 25968], Thompson 2003:934 [ref. 27003], Paxton et al. 2006:492 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:267 [ref. 30616], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:24 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:153 [ref. 33547], Stewart 2015:585 [ref. 34254], Robertson et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2018:73 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:35 [ref. 36273], Ho & Yang 2024:30 [ref. 41315]). Current status: Valid as Lestidiops Hubbs 1916. Paralepididae.

Lestidium Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:607 Neut. Lestidium nudum Gilbert 1905. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type given in parentheses as was Gilbert's style. •Valid as Lestidium Gilbert 1905 -- (Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:76 [ref. 6441], Post 1986:275 [ref. 5705], Paxton et al. 1989:246 [ref. 12442], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Thompson 2003:934 [ref. 27003], Paxton et al. 2006:492 [ref. 28995], Shinohara et al. 2011:40 [ref. 31715], Fricke et al. 2018:73 [ref. 35805], Ho et al. 2019:130 [ref. 37154], Ho et al. 2020:71 [ref. 37458]). Current status: Valid as Lestidium Gilbert 1905. Paralepididae.

Lestrolepis (subgenus of Lestidium) Harry [R. R.] 1953:240 Fem. Paralepis philippinus Fowler 1934. Type by original designation. Author later published as R. R. Rofen. •Valid as Lestrolepis Harry 1953 -- (Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:77 [ref. 6441], Post 1986:275 [ref. 5705], Paxton et al. 1989:247 [ref. 12442], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Thompson 2003:934 [ref. 27003], Paxton et al. 2006:492 [ref. 28995], Motomura et al. 2017:51 [ref. 35490] as Lestolepis, Fricke et al. 2018:74 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:36 [ref. 36273], Ho & Golani 2019:571 [ref. 36800], Ho et al. 2019:122 [ref. 37154], Ho & Kawai 2024:79 [ref. 42317]). Current status: Valid as Lestrolepis Harry 1953. Paralepididae.

Longisudis Maul [G. E.] 1965:55 Fem. Longisudis nigra Maul 1965. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Treated as a synonym of Macroparalepis Ege 1933 -- (Post 1973:207 [ref. 7182]) [but Macroparalepis is not available from Ege 1933]. •Synonym of Macroparalepis Harry 1953 based on placement of the type species. Current status: Synonym of Macroparalepis Harry 1953. Paralepididae.

Macroparalepis Ege [V.] 1933:229 Fem. Macroparalepis affinis Ege 1933. Not available, after 1930 with 9 species and no type fixed (see Art. 13.3 and Appendix A in Eschmeyer 1990 [ref. 20647]). Genus dates to Harry 1953:240 [ref. 2045] who designated affinis as type species. •Valid as Macroparalepis Ege 1933 -- (Post 1973:207 [ref. 7182], Post 1980 [ref. 5577], Post in Whitehead et al. 1984:501 [ref. 13675], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Post 1986:276 [ref. 5705], Paxton et al. 1989:247 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:272 [ref. 22532], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Thompson 2003:934 [ref. 27003], Paxton et al. 2006:493 [ref. 28995]). •Synonym of Macroparalepis Burton 1934 -- (Paxton et al. 2006:493 [ref. 28995]). •Synonym of Macroparalepis Harry 1953. Current status: Synonym of Macroparalepis Harry 1953. Paralepididae.

Macroparalepis Burton [M.] 1934:48 Fem. Macroparalepis affinis Ege 1933. Type by original designation. Not available, appeared after 1930 with 9 species and no type fixed (ICZN Art. 13.3). Genus dates to Harry 1953:240 [ref. 2045] who designated affinis as type species. See Macroparalepis Ege 1933; Macroparalepis Harry 1953. •Valid as Macroparalepis Burton 1934 -- (Paxton et al. 2006:493 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:268 [ref. 30616], Stewart 2015:584 [ref. 34254]). •Synonym of Macroparalepis Harry 1953. Current status: Synonym of Macroparalepis Harry 1953. Paralepididae.

Macroparalepis Harry [R. R.] (ex Ege) 1953:240 Fem. Macroparalepis affinis Ege 1933. Type by original designation. First available publication of genus name due to type species designation. See also Macroparalepis Ege 1933, Macroparalepis Burton 1934. •Valid as Macroparalepis Harry 1953 -- (Brown et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Macroparalepis Harry 1953. Paralepididae.

Maculisudis Kotthaus [A.] 1967:81 Fem. Maculisudis longipinnis Kotthaus 1967. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Stemonosudis Harry 1951 (Post 1971:740 [ref. 36812]). Current status: Synonym of Stemonosudis Harry 1951. Paralepididae.

Magnisudis Harry [R. R.] 1953:234 Fem. Magnisudis barysoma Harry 1953. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Paralepis Cuvier 1816 -- (some authors, including Post 1973:203 [ref. 7182]). •Valid as Magnisudis Harry 1953 -- (Post 1986:276 [ref. 5705], Post 1987:88 [ref. 6225], Post 1990:139 [ref. 21683], Miller 1993:505 [ref. 21297], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:236 [ref. 25968], Thompson 2003:934 [ref. 27003], Paxton et al. 2006:493 [ref. 28995], Parin et al. 2014:153 [ref. 33547], Stewart 2015:591 [ref. 34254], Bañón et al. 2016:311 [ref. 34397], Bañón et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40070]). Current status: Valid as Magnisudis Harry 1953. Paralepididae.

Maulichthys Rofen [R. R.] 1963:2 Masc. Paralepis harryi Maul 1954. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Maulichthys Rofen 1963 -- (Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644]). •Synonym of Paralepis Cuvier 1816 -- (Post 1973:203 [ref. 7182], and current placement of the type species). Current status: Synonym of Paralepis Cuvier 1816. Paralepididae.

Notolepis Dollo [L.] 1908:60 Fem. Notolepis coatsi Dollo 1908. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Notolepis Dollo 1908 -- (Post 1973:208 [ref. 7182], Post in Whitehead et al. 1984:503 [ref. 13675], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:76 [ref. 6441], Post 1986:276 [ref. 5705], Post 1987:100 [ref. 6225], Paxton et al. 1989:247 [ref. 12442], Post 1990:140 [ref. 21683], Miller 1993:501 [ref. 21297], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953]). Current status: Valid as Notolepis Dollo 1908. Paralepididae.

Paralepis Cuvier [G.] 1816:xi, 289 Fem. Paralepis coregonoides Risso 1820. Type by subsequent designation. Not included species, reference to Risso names. First addition of species evidently by Risso 1820; type usually given as by subsequent designation of Jordan 1917:104, 120 [ref. 2407]. If regarded as not latinized in Cuvier 1816, then dates to Bosc 1817:59. Type perhaps designated first by Desmarest 1856:209 [ref. 17401] -- see Whitley 1939:222 [ref. 25866] but Whitley has wrong date for Desmarst. •Valid as Paralepis Cuvier 1816 -- (Post 1973:203 [ref. 7182], Post in Whitehead et al. 1984:503 [ref. 13675], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:76 [ref. 6441], Post 1986:277 [ref. 5705], Post 1987:109 [ref. 6225], Paxton et al. 1989:247 [ref. 12442], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Thompson 2003:934 [ref. 27003], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:24 [ref. 36649], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:119 [ref. 31212], Fricke et al. 2018:74 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Paralepis Cuvier 1816. Paralepididae.

Pontosudis Rofen [R. R.] 1963:4 Fem. Pontosudis advena Rofen 1963. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Uncisudis Maul 1956. Current status: Synonym of Uncisudis Maul 1956. Paralepididae.

Profundisudis (subgenus of Notolepis) Harry [R. R.] 1953:238 Fem. Paralepis coruscans Jordan & Gilbert 1881. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Notolepis Dollo 1908 -- (Post 1973:208 [ref. 7182]). •Synonym of Arctozenus Gill 1864 -- (Post 1987:79 [ref. 6225], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:260 [ref. 28944]). Current status: Synonym of Arctozenus Gill 1864. Paralepididae.

Prymnothonoides Whitley [G. P.] & Phillipps [W. J.] 1939:228 Masc. Prymnothonoides regani Whitley & Phillipps 1939. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Doubtfully a synonym of Notolepis Dollo 1908 or Paralepis Cuvier 1816 -- (Post 1973:203, 208 [ref. 7182], Post 1987:100 [ref. 6225]). Current status: Synonym of Notolepis Dollo 1908. Paralepididae.

Prymnothonus Richardson [J.] 1845:51 Masc. Prymnothonus hookeri Richardson 1845. Type by monotypy. Larval form. •Doubtfully a synonym of Notolepis Dollo 1908 or Paralepis Cuvier 1816 -- (Post 1973:203, 208 [ref. 7182], Post 1987:100 [ref. 6225]). Current status: Synonym of Notolepis Dollo 1908. Paralepididae.

Stemonosudis Harry [R. R.] 1951:32 Fem. Macroparalepis intermedius Ege 1933. Type by original designation. •Valid as Stemonosudis Harry 1951 -- (Post 1971:738 [ref. 36812], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:77 [ref. 6441], Post 1986:277 [ref. 5705], Paxton et al. 1989:248 [ref. 12442], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Thompson 2003:934 [ref. 27003], Paxton et al. 2006:494 [ref. 28995], Stewart 2015:592 [ref. 34254], Fricke et al. 2018:74 [ref. 35805], Ho et al. 2019:216 [ref. 37156], Ho et al. 2019:7 [ref. 37316], Ho & Yang 2025:93 [ref. 42174], Kimura et al. 2025:1 [ref. 42581]). Current status: Valid as Stemonosudis Harry 1951. Paralepididae.

Sudis Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:60 Fem. Sudis hyalina Rafinesque 1810. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Sudis Rafinesque 1810 -- (Post 1973:209 [ref. 7182], Post in Whitehead et al. 1984:507 [ref. 13675], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Post 1986:278 [ref. 5705], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Thompson 2003:934 [ref. 27003], Paxton et al. 2006:494 [ref. 28995], Stewart 2015:594 [ref. 34254]). Current status: Valid as Sudis Rafinesque 1810. Paralepididae.

Symproptopterus Cocco [A.] in Facciolà 1885:294 Masc. First appeared as Synproptopterurus Cocco in Bonaparte 1846:35 [ref. 519] as a name in synonymy of Paralepis coregonoides. Appearance in Facciolà not examined or evaluated (apparently Nat. Sicil., v. 5). •In the synonymy of Paralepis Cuvier 1816. Current status: Synonym of Paralepis Cuvier 1816. Paralepididae.

Uncisudis Maul [G. E.] 1956:91 Fem. Uncisudis longirostra Maul 1956. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Uncisudis Maul 1956 -- (Post 1973:209 [ref. 7182], Post in Whitehead et al. 1984:508 [ref. 13675], Okiyama 1984:207 [ref. 13644], Paxton & Niem 1999:1949 [ref. 24746], Sato & Nakabo 2002:44 [ref. 25953], Thompson 2003:934 [ref. 27003], Fukui & Ozawa 2004:292 [ref. 28976], Ho & Pogonoski 2025:425 [ref. 42284]). Current status: Valid as Uncisudis Maul 1956. Paralepididae.