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Genera that contain: Alepocephalus [ 12 ] records

Alepocephalus Risso [A.] 1820:270 [Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino v. 25; ref. 3756] Masc. Alepocephalus rostratus Risso 1820. Type by monotypy. Alepidocephalus Agassiz 1846:14 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. •Valid as Alepocephalus Risso 1820 -- (Krefft 1973:86 [ref. 7166], Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:228 [ref. 13675], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:42 [ref. 6441], Markle 1986:219 [ref. 5687], Paxton et al. 1989:209 [ref. 12442], Sazonov & Markle 1990:111 [ref. 21681], Gomon et al. 1994:242 [ref. 22532], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1892 [ref. 24739], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:165 [ref. 25968], Carter & Hartel 2003:876 [ref. 27000], Hoese et al. 2006:385 [ref. 29035], Williams & Sazonov 2008:202 [ref. 30623], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:118 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:112 [ref. 33547], Williams & Stewart 2015:359 [ref. 34243], Bañón et al. 2016:306 [ref. 34397], Robertson et al. 2017:38 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2018:63 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:58 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Alepocephalus Risso 1820. Alepocephalidae.

Benthosphyraena Cockerell [T. D. A.] 1919:172 [U. S. Geological Survey, Progress Papers. No. 120-I; ref. 872] Fem. Alepocephalus macropterus Vaillant 1888. Type by monotypy. Perhaps not intended as a new genus but unclear from text; original description consists only of: "Benthosphyraena macroptera also referred to the Alepocephalidae, has small round scales wholly unlike those of Alepocephalus." •Synonym of Conocara Goode & Bean 1896 based on placement of type species -- (Sazanov 1990:225 [ref. 14215]). Current status: Synonym of Conocara Goode & Bean 1896. Alepocephalidae.

Brunichthys Parr [A. E.] 1951:8 [American Museum Novitates No. 1531; ref. 3380] Masc. Alepocephalus asperifrons Garman 1899. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Derivation of name not given originally [probably for Anton Bruun]; spelled Bruunichthys by Parr 1952:255 [ref. 3381]; name used only once in 1951 and if that is regarded as a misprint then it can be corrected; otherwise name should stand as Brunichthys. •Synonym of Alepocephalus Risso 1820. Current status: Synonym of Alepocephalus Risso 1820. Alepocephalidae.

Einara Parr [A. E.] 1951:10 [American Museum Novitates No. 1531; ref. 3380] Fem. Alepocephalus macrolepis Koefoed 1927. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Einara Parr 1951 -- (Krefft 1973:89 [ref. 7166], Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:242 [ref. 13675], Markle 1986:220 [ref. 5687], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1892 [ref. 24739], Carter & Hartel 2003:876 [ref. 27000], Hoese et al. 2006:388 [ref. 29035]). Current status: Valid as Einara Parr 1951. Alepocephalidae.

Halisauriceps Fowler [H. W.] 1934:247 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 85 (for 1933); ref. 1416] Neut. Alepocephalus longiceps Lloyd 1909. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Alepocephalus Risso 1820 -- (Parr 1951:4 [ref. 3380]). Current status: Synonym of Alepocephalus Risso 1820. Alepocephalidae.

Lloydiella (subgenus of Alepocephalus) Parr [A. E.] 1952:256, 259 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 107 (no. 4); ref. 3381] Fem. Alepocephalus bicolor Alcock 1891. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type designated in key. •Synonym of Alepocephalus Risso 1820. Current status: Synonym of Alepocephalus Risso 1820. Alepocephalidae.

Mitchillina Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1896:452, 453 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2443] Fem. Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean 1879. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Alepocephalus Risso 1820. Current status: Synonym of Alepocephalus Risso 1820. Alepocephalidae.

Noriona Strand [E.] 1942:401 [Folia Zoologica and Hydrobiologica, Riga v. 11 (no. 2); ref. 4289] Fem. Alepocephalus andersoni Fowler 1934. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Normania Parr 1937, preoccupied by Normania Brady 1866 in Crustacea, Normania Bowerbank 1869 in sponges, and Normania Boeck 1871 in Crustacea; but Normania Parr replaced earlier by Proditor Whitley 1940. •Objective synonym of Proditor Whitley 1940. •Synonym of Alepocephalus Risso 1820. Current status: Synonym of Alepocephalus Risso 1820. Alepocephalidae.

Normania Parr [A. E.] 1937:5, 9 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 7); ref. 3376] Fem. Alepocephalus andersoni Fowler 1934. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Normania Brady 1866 in Crustacea, Normania Bowerbank 1869 in sponges, and Normania Boeck 1871 in Crustacea; replaced by Proditor Whitley 1940 and by Noriona Strand 1942. •In the synonymy of Alepocephalus Risso 1820 -- (Parr 1951:4 [ref. 3380]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Alepocephalus Risso 1820. Alepocephalidae.

Proditor Whitley [G. P.] 1940:407 [Australian Zoologist v. 9 (pt 4); ref. 4699] Masc. Alepocephalus andersoni Fowler 1934. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Normania Parr 1937, preoccupied by Normania Brady 1866 in Crustacea, Bowerbank 1869 in sponges, and Boeck 1871 in Crustacea. •Synonym of Alepocephalus Risso 1820 -- (Parr 1951:4 [ref. 3380]). Current status: Synonym of Alepocephalus Risso 1820. Alepocephalidae.

Torictus Parr [A. E.] 1951:10 [American Museum Novitates No. 1531; ref. 3380] Masc. Alepocephalus edentulus Alcock 1892. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Torictus Parr 1951 -- (Krefft 1973:92 [ref. 7166]). •Synonym of Einara Parr 1951 -- (Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:242 [ref. 13675]). Current status: Synonym of Einara Parr 1951. Alepocephalidae.

Whitleyidea (subgenus of Alepocephalus) Fowler [H. W.] 1934:247 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 85 (for 1933); ref. 1416] Fem. Alepocephalus niger Günther 1878. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Conocara Goode & Bean 1896 based on placement of the type species salmoneum by recent authors. Current status: Synonym of Conocara Goode & Bean 1896. Alepocephalidae.


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