Avocettina Jordan [D. S.] & Davis [B. M.] 1891:655 Fem. Nemichthys infans Günther 1878. Type by original designation. Apparently not preoccupied by Avocettinus Mulsant & Verreaux 1866 in Aves; Borodinula Whitley 1931 is an unneeded replacement. •Valid as Avocettina Jordan & Davis 1891 -- (Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:22 [ref. 6441], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:551 [ref. 13676], Castle 1986:193 [ref. 5644], Paxton et al. 1989:134 [ref. 12442], Smith & Nielsen 1989:447 [ref. 13290], Gomon et al. 1994:208 [ref. 22532], Smith 1999:1679 [ref. 24661], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:124 [ref. 25968], Smith 2003:742 [ref. 26989], Paxton et al. 2006:285 [ref. 28995], Smith 2008:170 [ref. 30621], Zhang et al. 2010:310 [ref. 31511], Parin et al. 2014:49 [ref. 33547], Smith & Stewart 2015:264 [ref. 34234], Cruz-Mena & Angulo 2016:1 [ref. 34749], Robertson et al. 2017:35 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2019:54 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Avocettina Jordan & Davis 1891. Nemichthyidae.