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

Megarhinus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1820:251 Masc. Megarhinus paradoxus Rafinesque 1820. Type by monotypy. Also in Rafinesque 1820:83 (Dec.) [ref. 3592]. Megarhinus paradoxus mentioned in passing as "his" name for Platirostra edentula Lesueur 1818:227. •Synonym of Polyodon Lacepède 1797. Current status: Synonym of Polyodon Lacepède 1797. Polyodontidae.

Platirostra Lesueur [C. A.] 1818:227 Fem. Platirostra edentula Lesueur 1818. Type by monotypy. Planirostra, Planinostra, and Platyrostra are misspellings. •Synonym of Polyodon Lacepède 1797. Current status: Synonym of Polyodon Lacepède 1797. Polyodontidae.

Polyodon Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1797:49 Masc. Polyodon feuille Lacepède 1797. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Polyodon Lacepède 1797 -- (Grande & Bemis 1991:111 [ref. 19936], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:191 [ref. 21581], Bogutskaya & Sokolov 1998:23 [ref. 23572], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:27 [ref. 28183], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:60 [ref. 29996], Parin et al. 2014:45 [ref. 33547], Zhang et al. 2016:210 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Polyodon Lacepède 1797. Polyodontidae.

Polyodon Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:457 Masc. Polyodon folium Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Polyodon Lacepède 1797. Current status: Synonym of Polyodon Lacepède 1797. Polyodontidae.

Proceros Rafinesque [C. S.] 1820:87 Masc. Proceros maculatus Rafinesque 1820. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1877:87 [ref. 4907]. Description poor, second-hand; perhaps mythical. Usually regarded as a synonym of Polyodon Lacepède 1797. Current status: Synonym of Polyodon Lacepède 1797. Polyodontidae.

Psephurus Günther [A.] 1873:250 Masc. Polyodon gladius Martens 1862. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Psephurus Günther 1873 -- (Liu & Zeng 1988 [ref. 6414], Grande & Bemis 1991:109 [ref. 19936], Chen in Chen 1998:38 [ref. 23556], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:60 [ref. 29996], Zhang et al. 2016:46 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Psephurus Günther 1873. Polyodontidae.

Spatularia Shaw [G.] 1804:362 Fem. Spatularia reticulata Shaw 1804. Type by monotypy. Misspelled Spathularia by Billberg 1833:52 [ref. 34146]; see Kullander 2016:109 [ref. 34147]. •Synonym of Polyodon Lacepède 1797. Current status: Synonym of Polyodon Lacepède 1797. Polyodontidae.