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Genera in the family or subfamily Distichodontidae: [ 35 ] records

Belonophago Giltay [L.] 1929:272 Masc. Belonophago hutsebouti Giltay 1929. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Belonophago Giltay 1929 -- (Géry 1977:94 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:184 [ref. 6185], Poll & Gosse 1995:151 [ref. 24781], Lavoué et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35377]). Current status: Valid as Belonophago Giltay 1929. Distichodontidae.

Champsoborus Boulenger [G. A.] 1909:187 Masc. Champsoborus pellegrini Boulenger 1909. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Mesoborus Pellegrin 1900. Current status: Synonym of Mesoborus Pellegrin 1900. Distichodontidae.

Congocharax Matthes [H.] 1964:75 Masc. Hemigrammocharax olbrechtsi Poll 1954. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Neolebias Steindachner 1894 -- (Vari 1979:339 [ref. 5490]). •Valid as Congocharax Matthes 1964 -- (Géry 1977:66 [ref. 1597], Daget & Gosse 1984:184 [ref. 6185], Poll & Gosse 1995:155 [ref. 24781]). Current status: Valid as Congocharax Matthes 1964. Distichodontidae.

Distichodina (subgenus of Distichodus) Fowler [H. W.] 1935:260 Fem. Distichodus stigmaturus Fowler 1935. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Hemigrammocharax Pellegrin 1923 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:194 [ref. 6185]). •Synonym of Nannocharax Günther 1867. Current status: Synonym of Nannocharax Günther 1867. Distichodontidae.

Distichodomicrura (subgenus of Distichodus) Fowler [H. W.] 1936:266 Fem. Distichodus maculatus Boulenger 1898. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Distichodus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:185 [ref. 6185]). Current status: Synonym of Distichodus Müller & Troschel 1844. Distichodontidae.

Distichodura (subgenus of Distichodus) Fowler [H. W.] 1936:266 Fem. Distichodus affinis Günther 1873. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Distichodus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:185 [ref. 6185]). Current status: Synonym of Distichodus Müller & Troschel 1844. Distichodontidae.

Distichodus Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1844:87 Masc. Characinus nefasch Lacepède 1803. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Distichodus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Géry 1977:67 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:185 [ref. 6185] but with wrong date and apparently the wrong type, Paugy & Bénech 1989:300 [ref. 26478], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:243 [ref. 21589], Poll & Gosse 1995:153 [ref. 24781], Dankwa et al. 1999:21 [ref. 28023], Vari 2007:415 [ref. 30023] dated 1845, Oliveira et al. 2011:10 [ref. 31685], Marshall 2011:123 [ref. 31755], Moelants et al. 2014:1707 [ref. 35459], Lavoué et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35377], Moelants et al. 2018:177 [ref. 35738], Abwe et al. 2019:79 [ref. 36905], Schmidt et al. 2021:291 [ref. 38247]). Current status: Valid as Distichodus Müller & Troschel 1844. Distichodontidae.

Dundocharax Poll [M.] 1967:129 Masc. Dundocharax bidentatus Poll 1967. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Neolebias Steindachner 1894 -- (see Vari 1979:339 [ref. 5490]). •Valid as Dundocharax Poll 1967 -- (Géry 1977:66 [ref. 1597], Daget & Gosse 1984:193 [ref. 6185], Poll & Gosse 1995:157 [ref. 24781]). Current status: Valid as Dundocharax Poll 1967. Distichodontidae.

Eugnathichthys Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:25 Masc. Eugnathichthys eetveldii Boulenger 1898. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Eugnathichthys Boulenger 1898 -- (Géry 1977:90 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490] as Eugnatichthys, Daget & Gosse 1984:193 [ref. 6185], Roberts 1990 [ref. 13802], Poll & Gosse 1995:153 [ref. 24781], Vari 2007:425 [ref. 30023], Stiassny et al. 2013:479 [ref. 32812], Lavoué et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35377]). Current status: Valid as Eugnathichthys Boulenger 1898. Distichodontidae.

Gavialocharax Pellegrin [J.] 1927:390 Masc. Gavialocharax monodi Pellegrin 1927. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Gavialocharax Pellegrin 1972 -- (Géry 1977:86 [ref. 1597], Poll & Gosse 1995:149 [ref. 24781]). •Synonym of Ichthyborus Günther 1864 -- (Vari 1979:339 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:197 [ref. 6185], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:239 [ref. 21589], Oliveira et al. 2011:10 [ref. 31685]). Current status: Synonym of Ichthyborus Günther 1864. Distichodontidae.

Hemigrammocharax (subgenus of Nannocharax) Pellegrin [J.] 1923:115 Masc. Nannocharax ocellicauda Boulenger 1907. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Hemigrammocharax Pellegrin 1923 -- (Géry 1977:74 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:194 [ref. 6185], Poll & Gosse 1995:157 [ref. 24781], Vari 2007:427 [ref. 30023], Oliveira et al. 2011:10 [ref. 31685], Marshall 2011:126 [ref. 31755], Jerep & Vari 2013:31 [ref. 32557]). •Synonym of Nannocharax Günther 1867 -- (Jerep & Vari 2014:44 [ref. 33325]). Current status: Synonym of Nannocharax Günther 1867. Distichodontidae.

Hemigrammonannocharax Holly [M.] 1930:198, 233 Masc. Nannocharax ocellicauda Boulenger 1907. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Objective synonym of Hemigrammocharax Pellegrin 1923 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:194 [ref. 6185]). •Synonym of Nannocharax Günther 1867. Current status: Synonym of Nannocharax Günther 1867. Distichodontidae.

Hemistichodus Pellegrin [J.] 1900:352 Masc. Hemistichodus vaillanti Pellegrin 1900. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Hemistichodus Pellegrin 1900 -- (Géry 1977:82 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:196 [ref. 6185], Poll & Gosse 1995:149 [ref. 24781], Vari 2007:429 [ref. 30023], Lavoué et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35377]). •Synonym of Monostichodus Vaillant 1886 -- (Musschoot & Snoeks 2016:[1] [ref. 34892]). Current status: Synonym of Monostichodus Vaillant 1886. Distichodontidae.

Ichthyborus Günther [A.] 1864:362 Masc. Ichthyborus microlepis Günther 1864. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1919:333 [ref. 4904]. Ichthyoborus Boulenger 1907:134 [ref. 6510] is an unjustified emendation (Ichthyoborus in preoccupied by Ichthyoborus Kaup 1845 in birds); Ra Whitley 1931 is an unneeded replacement. •Valid as Ichthyborus Günther 1864 -- (Géry 1977:87 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:196 [ref. 6185], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:239 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Poll & Gosse 1995:151 [ref. 24781], Vari 2007:431 [ref. 30023], Lavoué et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35377]). Current status: Valid as Ichthyborus Günther 1864. Distichodontidae.

Lepinannocharax (subgenus of Nannocharax) Fowler [H. W.] 1936:271 Masc. Nannocharax pteron Fowler 1936. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Nannocharax Günther 1867 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:200 [ref. 6185]). Current status: Synonym of Nannocharax Günther 1867. Distichodontidae.

Mesoborus Pellegrin [J.] 1900:178 Masc. Mesoborus crocodilus Pellegrin 1900. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Mesoborus Pellegrin 1900 -- (Géry 1977:87 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:198 [ref. 6185], Poll & Gosse 1995:153 [ref. 24781], Lavoué et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35377]). Current status: Valid as Mesoborus Pellegrin 1900. Distichodontidae.

Micraethiops (subgenus of Neolebias) Daget [J.] 1965:20 Masc. Neolebias ansorgii Boulenger 1912. Type by original designation. •Valid as Micraethiops Daget 1965 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:205 [ref. 6185]). •Synonym of Neolebias Steindachner 1894 -- (baset on current placement of the type species ansorgii). Current status: Synonym of Neolebias Steindachner 1894. Distichodontidae.

Microdistichodus Pellegrin [J.] 1926:161 Masc. Microdistichodus uniocellatus Pellegrin 1926. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Pellegrin 1928:23 [ref. 3411]. •Synonym of Hemigrammocharax Pellegrin 1923 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:194 [ref. 6185]). •Synonym of Nannocharax Günther 1867. Current status: Synonym of Nannocharax Günther 1867. Distichodontidae.

Microstomatichthyoborus Nichols [J. T.] & Griscom [L.] 1917:685 Masc. Microstomatichthyoborus bashforddeani Nichols & Griscom 1917. Type by monotypy. [The longest generic-group name in fishes.] •Valid as Microstomatichthyoborus Nichols & Griscom 1917 -- (Géry 1977:67 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:199 [ref. 6185], Poll & Gosse 1995:155 [ref. 24781], Lavoué et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35377]). Current status: Valid as Microstomatichthyoborus Nichols & Griscom 1917. Distichodontidae.

Monostichodus Vaillant [L. L.] in Rivière [É.] 1886:17 Masc. Monostichodus elongatus Vaillant 1886. Type by monotypy. Treated as unavailable by Pellegrin 1900:352 [ref. 6253]. •In the synonymy of Hemistichodus Pellegrin 1900 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984 [ref. 6185]). •Valid as Monostichodus Vaillant 1886 -- (Musschoot & Snoeks 2016:1080 [ref. 34892]). Current status: Valid as Monostichodus Vaillant 1886. Distichodontidae.

Nannaethiops Günther [A.] 1872:669 Masc. Nannaethiops unitaeniatus Günther 1872. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Nannaethiops Günther 1872 [not 1871] -- (Géry 1977:62 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:200 [ref. 6185], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:255 [ref. 21589], Poll & Gosse 1995:155 [ref. 24781], Géry & Zarske 2002:38 [ref. 26555], Géry & Zarske 2003:37 [ref. 27475], Vari 2007:433 [ref. 30023] dated 1871, Lavoué et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35377]). Current status: Valid as Nannaethiops Günther 1872. Distichodontidae.

Nannocharax Günther [A.] 1867:112 Masc. Nannocharax fasciatus Günther 1867. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Nannocharax Günther 1867 -- (Géry 1977:74 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Vari 1983:5 [ref. 5419], Daget & Gosse 1984:200 [ref. 6185], Coenen & Teugels 1989 [ref. 13539], Coenen in Lévêque et al. 1990:248 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Poll & Gosse 1995:157 [ref. 24781], Dankwa et al. 1999:22 [ref. 28023], Vari 2007:435 [ref. 30023], Dunz & Schliewen 2009:1 [ref. 30114], Moritz 2010:289 [ref. 30684], Marshall 2011:128 [ref. 31755], Jerep et al. 2014:361 [ref. 33246], Jerep & Vari 2014:44 [ref. 33325], Lavoué et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35377], Bragança et al. 2020:[1] [ref. 37879], Manda et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38403], Manda et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40270]). Current status: Valid as Nannocharax Günther 1867. Distichodontidae.

Neoborus Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:78 Masc. Neoborus ornatus Boulenger 1899. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Neoborus Distant 1884 in Hemiptera, replaced by Phagoborus Myers 1924. •In the synonymy of Ichthyborus Günther 1864 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:197 [ref. 6185], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:239 [ref. 21589]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Ichthyborus Günther 1864. Distichodontidae.

Neolebias Steindachner [F.] 1894:78 Masc. Neolebias unifasciatus Steindachner 1894. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Nannaethiops Günther 1861 -- (Géry & Zarske 2003:37 [ref. 27475]). •Valid as Neolebias Steindachner 1894 -- (Géry 1977:62 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Vari 1983:5 [ref. 5419], Daget & Gosse 1984:205 [ref. 6185], Paugy & Bénech 1989:301 [ref. 26478], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:256 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Poll & Gosse 1995:157 [ref. 24781], Dankwa et al. 1999:23 [ref. 28023] dated 1895, Vari 2007:449 [ref. 30023], Oliveira et al. 2011:10 [ref. 31685]). Current status: Valid as Neolebias Steindachner 1894. Distichodontidae.

Onouphrios Whitley [G. P.] 1951:68 Masc. Psalidostoma caudimaculatum Kner 1864. Type by being a replacement name. Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. Unneeded replacement for Psalidostoma Kner 1864 [presumed preoccupied by Psalidostomus Minding 1832 in Fishes]. •Synonym of Ichthyborus Günther 1864. Current status: Synonym of Ichthyborus Günther 1864. Distichodontidae.

Paradistichodus Pellegrin [J.] 1922:70 Masc. Paradistichodus elegans Pellegrin 1922. Type by original designation. Type designated on pp. 65-66. Spelled Paredistichodus by Pellegrin 1926:163 [ref. 3404]. •Valid as Paradistichodus Pellegrin 1922 -- (Géry 1977:74 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Vari 1983:5 [ref. 5419], Daget & Gosse 1984:209 [6185] with wrong type, Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:247 [ref. 21589], Poll & Gosse 1995:153 [ref. 24781], Dankwa et al. 1999:22 [ref. 28023]). Current status: Valid as Paradistichodus Pellegrin 1922. Distichodontidae.

Paraphago Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:76 Masc. Paraphago rostratus Boulenger 1899. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Paraphago Boulenger 1899 -- (Géry 1977:91 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:209 [ref. 6185], Poll & Gosse 1995:153 [ref. 24781]). Current status: Valid as Paraphago Boulenger 1899. Distichodontidae.

Phago Günther [A.] 1865:209 Masc. Phago loricatus Günther 1865. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Günther's footnote in Zoological Record for 1864, p. 175 [after Mar. 1865:209] with description of group Phagonina. •Valid as Phago Günther 1865 -- (Géry 1977:91 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:209 [ref. 6185], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:238 [ref. 21589], Poll & Gosse 1995:151 [ref. 24781], Vari 2007:461 [ref. 30023], Lavoué et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35377]). Current status: Valid as Phago Günther 1865. Distichodontidae.

Phagoborus Myers [G. S.] 1924:397 Masc. Neoborus ornatus Boulenger 1899. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Neoborus Boulenger 1899, preoccupied by Neoborus Distant 1884 in Hemiptera. •Valid as Phagoborus Myers 1924 -- (Géry 1977:86 [ref. 1597], Poll & Gosse 1995:151 [ref. 24781]). •Synonym of Ichthyborus Günther 1864 -- (Vari 1979:339 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:197 [ref. 6185], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:239 [ref. 21589]). Current status: Synonym of Ichthyborus Günther 1864. Distichodontidae.

Psalidostoma Kner [R.] 1864:99 Neut. Psalidostoma caudimaculatum Kner 1864. Type by monotypy. Thought preoccupied by Psalidostomus Minding 1832 in Fishes, unneeded replaced by Onouphrios Whitley 1951. •Synonym of Ichthyborus Günther 1864 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:197 [ref. 6185], Gosse in Lévêque et al. 1990:239 [ref. 21589]). Current status: Synonym of Ichthyborus Günther 1864. Distichodontidae.

Ra Whitley [G. P.] 1931:334 Fem. Ichthyborus microlepis Günther 1864. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Ichthyborus Günther 1864, not preoccupied. •Objective synonym of Ichthyborus Günther 1864 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:197 [ref. 6185]). Current status: Synonym of Ichthyborus Günther 1864. Distichodontidae.

Rhabdaethiops (subgenus of Nannaethiops) Fowler [H. W.] 1936:264 Masc. Nannaethiops tritaeniatus Boulenger 1913. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Neolebias Steindachner 1894 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:205 [ref. 6185]). Current status: Synonym of Neolebias Steindachner 1894. Distichodontidae.

Thrissocharax Myers [G. S.] 1926:174 Masc. Nannocharax ocellicauda Boulenger 1907. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Objective synonym of Hemigrammocharax Pellegrin 1923 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:194 [ref. 6185]). •Synonym of Nannocharax Günther 1867. Current status: Synonym of Nannocharax Günther 1867. Distichodontidae.

Tristichodus Boulenger [G. A.] 1920:19 Masc. Tristichodus christyi Boulenger 1920. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Microstomatichthyoborus Nichols & Griscom 1917 -- (Daget & Gosse 1984:199 [ref. 6185]). Current status: Synonym of Microstomatichthyoborus Nichols & Griscom 1917. Distichodontidae.

Xenocharax Günther [A.] 1867:114 Masc. Xenocharax spilurus Günther 1867. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Xenocharax Günther 1867 -- (Géry 1977:62 [ref. 1597], Vari 1979:340 [ref. 5490], Daget & Gosse 1984:210 [ref. 6185], Poll & Gosse 1995:155 [ref. 24781], Vari 2007:463 [ref. 30023],Oliveira et al. 2011:10 [ref. 31685], Ibala Zamba et al. 2016:347 [ref. 34935], Lavoué et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35377]). Current status: Valid as Xenocharax Günther 1867. Distichodontidae.