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Genera in the family or subfamily Schilbeidae: [ 12 ] records


Ansorgia Boulenger [G. A.] 1912:17 Fem. Ansorgia vittata Boulenger 1912. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Ansorgia Warren 1899 in Lepidoptera; replaced by Ansorgiichthys Whitley 1935. •Synonym of Eutropiellus Nichols & LaMonte 1933 -- (Myers 1938:98 [ref. 3116], De Vos 1986:36 [ref. 6191]). •Synonym of Pareutropius Regan 1920 -- (Ferraris 2007:360 [ref. 29155]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Pareutropius Regan 1920. Schilbeidae.

Ansorgiichthys Whitley [G. P.] 1935:249 Masc. Ansorgia vittata Boulenger 1912. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Ansorgia Boulenger 1912, preoccupied by Ansorgia Warren 1899 in Lepidoptera. •Synonym of Eutropiellus Nichols & LaMonte 1933 -- (De Vos 1986:36 [ref. 6191], De Vos 1995:330 [ref. 23748]). •Synonym of Pareutropius Regan 1920 -- (Ferraris 2007:360 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Pareutropius Regan 1920. Schilbeidae.

Eutropiellus Nichols [J. T.] & LaMonte [F. R.] 1933:5 Masc. Eutropiellus kasai Nichols & LaMonte 1933. Type by original designation. Eutropiella is a misspelling. •Valid as Eutropiellus Nichols & LaMonte 1933 -- (De Vos 1986:36 [ref. 6191], Burgess 1989:99 [ref. 12860], Poll & Gosse 1995:185 [ref. 24781]). •Synonym of Pareutropius Regan 1920 -- (De Vos in Lévêque et al. 1992:439 [ref. 21590], De Vos 1995:330 [ref. 23748], Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901], Ferraris 2007:360 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Pareutropius Regan 1920. Schilbeidae.

Eutropius (subgenus of Bagrus) Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1849:6 Masc. Bagrus schilbeides Valenciennes 1840. Type by monotypy. Type given as "Bagrus schilboides Val. (Hypophthalmus niloticus Rüppell)..." See van Oijen et al. 2009:148 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Eutropius Müller & Troschel 1849 -- (De Vos 1984:3 [ref. 5157]). •Synonym of Schilbe Oken 1817, but a valid subgenus Eutropius -- (De Vos 1986:41 [ref. 6191], Burgess 1989:99 [ref. 12860], Poll & Gosse 1995:185 [ref. 24781]). •Synonym of Schilbe Oken 1817 -- (De Vos in Lévêque et al. 1992:440 [ref. 21590], De Vos 1995:117 [ref. 23748]). Current status: Synonym of Schilbe Oken 1817. Schilbeidae.

Irvineia Trewavas [E.] 1943:165 Fem. Irvineia voltae Trewavas 1943. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Irvineia Trewavas 1943 -- (De Vos 1986:38 [ref. 6191], Burgess 1989:99 [ref. 12860], De Vos in Lévêque et al. 1992:437 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:185 [ref. 24781], De Vos 1995:357 [ref. 23748], Dankwa et al. 1999:29 [ref. 28023] as Irvinea, Diogo et al. 2004:92 [ref. 27670] as Irvinea, Ferraris 2007:358 [ref. 29155], Wang et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34152]). Current status: Valid as Irvineia Trewavas 1943. Schilbeidae.

Parailia Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:105 Fem. Parailia congica Boulenger 1899. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Parailia Boulenger 1899 -- (De Vos 1986:38 [ref. 6191], Burgess 1989:99 [ref. 12860], Lévêque et al. 1989:118 [ref. 26480], Paugy et al. 1990:339 [ref. 26477], De Vos in Lévêque et al. 1992:434 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:183 [ref. 24781], De Vos 1995:295 [ref. 23748], Dankwa et al. 1999:29 [ref. 28023], Diogo et al. 2004:92 [ref. 27670], Ferraris 2007:360 [ref. 29155], De Vos 2007:631 [ref. 30029], Wang et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34152]). Current status: Valid as Parailia Boulenger 1899. Schilbeidae.

Pareutropius Regan [C. T.] 1920:105 Masc. Pareutropius micristius Regan 1920. Type by monotypy. Wrongly treated as a synonym of the later Eutropiellus Nichols & La Monte 1933, but as a valid subgenus -- (De Vos 1986:36 [ref. 6191], Poll & Gosse 1995:183 [ref. 24781]). •Valid as Pareutropius Regan 1920 -- (De Vos in Lévêque et al. 1992:439 [ref. 21590], De Vos 1995:330 [ref. 23748], Diogo et al. 2004:92 [ref. 27670], Ferraris 2007:360 [ref. 29155], De Vos 2007:635 [ref. 30029], Wang et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34152]). Current status: Valid as Pareutropius Regan 1920. Schilbeidae.

Physailia Boulenger [G. A.] 1901:445 Fem. Physailia pellucida Boulenger 1901. Type by monotypy. Second species doubtfully included, therefore type by monotypy. •Synonym of Parailia Boulenger 1899, but a valid subgenus Physailia -- (Burgess 1989:98 [ref. 12860], Poll & Gosse 1995:183 [ref. 24781]). •Synonym of Parailia Boulenger 1899 -- (De Vos 1986:38 [ref. 6191], De Vos 1995:295 [ref. 23748], Ferraris 2007:360 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Parailia Boulenger 1899. Schilbeidae.

Proeutropius (subgenus of Eutropius) Fowler [H. W.] 1936:307 Masc. Silurus congensis Leach 1818. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Eutropius Müller & Troschel 1849 -- (De Vos 1986:41 [ref. 6191]). •Synonym of Schilbe Oken 1817 -- (De Vos 1995:117 [ref. 23748], Ferraris 2007:362 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Schilbe Oken 1817. Schilbeidae.

Pusichthys (subgenus of Silurus) Swainson [W.] 1838:348 et seq. Masc. Schilbe uranoscopus Rüppell 1832. Type by monotypy. Also in Swainson 1839:189, 307 [ref. 4303]. •Synonym of Schilbe Oken 1817 -- (De Vos 1986:41 [ref. 6191], De Vos 1995:117 [ref. 23748], Ferraris 2007:362 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Schilbe Oken 1817. Schilbeidae.

Schilbe Oken [L.] (ex Cuvier) 1817:1183 Masc. Silurus mystus Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. First appeared as "Les Schilbé" in Cuvier 1816:202 [ref. 993]; latinized by Oken (see Gill 1903:966 [ref. 5768]). Spelled Schilbeus, Schilbea and Schilba in early literature. Spelled Schillee by Jerdon 1849:335 [ref. 4902]. The family name appears both as Schilbeidae and Schilbidae in current literature. Ferraris 2007:356 [ref. 29155] uses Schilbidae. The first use of the name at the family level was by Bleeker 1856 as Schilbeini, and that translates to Schilbeidae. •Valid as Schilbe Oken 1817 -- (De Vos 1986:41 [ref. 6191], Burgess 1989:99 [ref. 12860], Lévêque et al. 1989:118 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:302 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:339 [ref. 26477], De Vos in Lévêque et al. 1992:440 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:185 [ref. 24781], De Vos 1995:117 [ref. 23748], Seegers 1996:182 [ref. 23725], Dankwa et al. 1999:29 [ref. 28023], Diogo et al. 2004:92 [ref. 27670], Ferraris 2007:362 [ref. 29155], De Vos 2007:637 [ref. 30029], Marshall 2011:152 [ref. 31755], Kottelat 2013:251 [ref. 32989], Wang et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34152], Van der Bank et al. 2017:375 [ref. 35707]). Current status: Valid as Schilbe Oken 1817. Schilbeidae.

Siluranodon Bleeker [P.] 1858:253, 255, 256 Masc. Silurus auritus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Siluranodon Bleeker 1858 -- (De Vos 1986:53 [ref. 6191], Burgess 1989:99 [ref. 12860], De Vos in Lévêque et al. 1992:436 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:183 [ref. 24781], De Vos 1995:288 [ref. 23748], Dankwa et al. 1999:29 [ref. 28023], Diogo et al. 2004:92 [ref. 27670], Ferraris 2007:366 [ref. 29155], Wang et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34152]). Current status: Valid as Siluranodon Bleeker 1858. Schilbeidae.


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