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Catalog of Fishes

Genera that contain: Alectis [ 7 ] records

Alectis Rafinesque [C. S.] 1815:84 [Analyse de la nature; ref. 3584] Fem. Gallus virescens Lacepède 1802. Type by being a replacement name. As "Alectis R. [Rafinesque] Gallus Lac. [Lacepède]." An available replacement name for Gallus Lacepède 1802, preoccupied in Aves. •Valid as Alectis Rafinesque 1815 -- (Gushiken in Masuda et al. 1984:157 [ref. 6441], Smith-Vaniz 1984:524 [ref. 13664], Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. 1986:820 [ref. 13676], Smith-Vaniz 1986:640 [ref. 5718], Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:308 [ref. 6207], Gushiken 1988:443 [ref. 6697], Paxton et al. 1989:573 [ref. 12442], Gunn 1990:9[ref. 20141], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:674 [ref. 21590], Lin & Shao 1999:48 [ref. 23921], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2663 [ref. 24833], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1429 [ref. 27083], Parin 2003:S6 [ref. 28536], Hoese & Gates 2006:1149 [ref. 28997], Kimura 2009:115 [ref. 30425], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:44 [ref. 36649], Kottelat 2013:331 [ref. 32989], Parin et al. 2014:360 [ref. 33547], Motomura et al. 2017:104 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:179 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:82 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:143 [ref. 36673], Kimura et al. 2022:16 [ref. 38998]). Current status: Valid as Alectis Rafinesque 1815. Carangidae: Caranginae.

Blepharichthys Gill [T. N.] 1861:36 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 13 (Suppl.); ref. 1766] Masc. Zeus ciliaris Bloch 1787. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Blepharis Cuvier 1816, not preoccupied. •Synonym of Alectis Rafinesque 1815 -- (Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:308 [ref. 6207], Kottelat 2013:332 [ref. 32989], Kimura et al. 2022:16 [ref. 38998]). Current status: Synonym of Alectis Rafinesque 1815. Carangidae: Caranginae.

Blepharis Cuvier [G.] 1816:322 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Fem. Zeus ciliaris Bloch 1787. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Alectis Rafinesque 1815 -- (Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:308 [ref. 6207], Kottelat 2013:331 [ref. 32989], Kimura et al. 2022:16 [ref. 38998]). Current status: Synonym of Alectis Rafinesque 1815. Carangidae: Caranginae.

Gallichtys Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:168 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Masc. Gallichtys major Cuvier 1833. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1919:178 [ref. 2410]. Spelled Gallichtys in 3 places and in index; Gallichthys of Agassiz 1845:26 [ref. 4889] and others is an unjustified emendation or incorrect subsequent spelling. •Synonym of Alectis Rafinesque 1815 -- (Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:308 [ref. 6207] as Gallichthys, Kottelat 2013:332 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Scyris Cuvier 1829 -- (Kimura et al. 2022:21 [ref. 38998]). Current status: Synonym of Scyris Cuvier 1829. Carangidae: Caranginae.

Gallus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:583 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Masc. Gallus virescens Lacepède 1802. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gallus in Aves, replaced by Alectis Rafinesque 1815 -- (see Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:308 [ref. 6207]). •Synonym of Alectis Rafinesque 1815 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:573 [ref. 12442], Lin & Shao 1999:48 [ref. 23921], Hoese & Gates 2006:1149 [ref. 28997], Kottelat 2013:331 [ref. 32989], Kimura et al. 2022:16 [ref. 38998]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Alectis Rafinesque 1815. Carangidae: Caranginae.

Hynnis Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:195 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 9; ref. 1002] Fem. Hynnis goreensis Cuvier 1833. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Alectis Rafinesque 1815 -- (Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:308 [ref. 6207], Kottelat 2013:332 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Scyris Cuvier 1829 -- (Kimura et al. 2022:21 [ref. 38998]). Current status: Synonym of Scyris Cuvier 1829. Carangidae: Caranginae.

Scyris Cuvier [G.] 1829:209 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Fem. Gallus alexandrinus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared in 1829 with species cited as "Le Gal d'Alexandrie." First technical addition of species cited by scientific name apparently was in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833:145-153 [ref. 1002] (S. indica and S. alexandrina). Earliest technical subsequent designation not established. •Synonym of Alectis Rafinesque 1815 -- (Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:308 [ref. 6207], Kottelat 2013:331 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Scyris Cuvier 1829 -- (Hureau & Tortonese 1973:378 [ref. 7198], Kimura et al. 2022:21 [ref. 38998]). Current status: Valid as Scyris Cuvier 1829. Carangidae: Caranginae.


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