Scymnus Cuvier [G.] 1816:130 Masc. Squalus americanus Gmelin 1789. Type by subsequent designation. Additional species were mentioned in footnote, so type requires subsequent designation; Whitley 1935:137 [ref. 6396] determined that the type was first designated by Lesson, v. 15, 1829:598 [ref. 13391]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Scymnus Kugelmann 1794 in Coleoptera; replaced by Scymnorhinus Bonaparte 1846. •In the synonymy of Dalatias Rafinesque 1810 -- (Compagno 1984:63 [ref. 6474], Cappetta 1987:62 [ref. 6348]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Dalatias Rafinesque 1810. Dalatiidae.