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Genera that contain: Gasterosteus [ 29 ] records

Apeltes DeKay [J. E.] 1842:67 [Zoology of New-York; ref. 1098] Masc. Gasterosteus quadracus Mitchill 1815. Type by original designation. •Valid as Apeltes DeKay 1842 -- (McLennan & Mattern 2001:11 [ref. 25222], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Scharpf 2007:34 [ref. 30398]). Current status: Valid as Apeltes DeKay 1842. Gasterosteidae.

Centronotus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:309 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Masc. Centronotus conductor Lacepède 1801 (= Gasterosteus ductor Linnaeus 1758). Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1896:900 [ref. 2443]. Lacepède cited G. conductor L. (sic, for ductor) in synonymy; and this suggests he did not intend a new species name, conductor could be regarded as a misspelling. See also Opinion 1799. Also objectively invalid; preoccupied by Centronotus Bloch & Schneider 1801 in fishes. •Synonym of Naucrates Rafinesque 1810 -- (Hureau & Tortonese 1973:377 [ref. 7198]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Naucrates Rafinesque 1810. Carangidae: Naucratinae.

Cephacandia Rafinesque [C. S.] 1815:85 [Analyse de la nature; ref. 3584] Fem. Gasterosteus spinarella Linnaeus 1758. Type by being a replacement name. As "Cephacandia R. [Rafinesque] Cephalacanthus Lac. [Lacepède]." Name only but an available (unneeded) replacement for Cephalacanthus Lacepède 1801. •Objective synonym of Cephalacanthus Lacepède 1801 -- (Monod 1973:613 [ref. 7193]). •Synonym of Dactylopterus Lacepède 1801. Current status: Synonym of Dactylopterus Lacepède 1801. Dactylopteridae.

Cephalacanthia Agassiz [L.] 1846:71 [Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis; ref. 64] Fem. Gasterosteus spinarella Linnaeus 1758. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded new name for Cephacandia Rafinesque 1815, itself a replacement for Cephalacanthus Lacepède 1801. •In the synonymy of Dactylopterus Lacepède 1801. Current status: Synonym of Dactylopterus Lacepède 1801. Dactylopteridae.

Cephalacanthus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:323 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Masc. Gasterosteus spinarella Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Cephalacanthes, Cephalocanthes, Cephalocanthus and Chephalacanthus are misspellings. •Valid as Cephalacanthus Lacepède 1801, with Dactylopterus as a synonym -- (Monod 1973:613 [ref. 7193]). •Synonym of Dactylopterus Lacepède 1801 -- (Eschmeyer 1986:490 [ref. 5652], Eschmeyer 1997:729 [ref. 22973], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:248 [ref. 24550], Parin et al. 2014:211 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Dactylopterus Lacepède 1801. Dactylopteridae.

Culaea Whitley [G. P.] 1950:44 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1948-49; ref. 4713] Fem. Gasterosteus inconstans Kirtland 1840. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Eucalia Jordan 1876, preoccupied by Eucalia Felder 1861 in Lepidoptera. •Valid as Culaea Whitley 1950 -- (Nelson 1969 [ref. 7145], McLennan & Mattern 2001:11 [ref. 25222], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Scharpf 2007:34 [ref. 30398], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:490 [ref. 29996]). Current status: Valid as Culaea Whitley 1950. Gasterosteidae.

Dactylophorus Swainson [W.] 1839:55, 179, 262 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Dactylophorus volitans Swainson 1839 (= Gasterosteus volitans Linnaeus 1758). Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Whitley 1929:127 [ref. 4665]. Perhaps described independently of Dactylopterus Lacepède 1801, else an incorrect subsequent spelling. •Objective synonym of Dactylopterus Lacepède 1801. Current status: Synonym of Dactylopterus Lacepède 1801. Dactylopteridae.

Doliodon Girard [C. F.] 1858:168 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 10; ref. 1813] Masc. Gasterosteus carolinus Linnaeus 1766. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Trachinotus Lacepède 1801 -- (Daget & Smith-Vaniz 1986:319 [ref. 6207]). Current status: Synonym of Trachinotus Lacepède 1801. Carangidae: Trachinotinae.

Eucalia Jordan [D. S.] 1876:248 [Manual of the vertebrates of the northern United States; ref. 2371] Fem. Gasterosteus inconstans Kirtland 1840. Type by monotypy. Described with one included species plus two additional varieties. More complete treatment in Jordan 1877:65 [ref. 2372]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Eucalia Felder 1861 in Lepidoptera; replaced by Culaea Whitley 1950. •Synonym of Culaea Whitley 1950. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Culaea Whitley 1950. Gasterosteidae.

Gasteracanthus Pallas [P. S.] 1814:228 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Masc. Gasteracanthus cataphractus Pallas 1814. Type by subsequent designation. Earliest type designation not researched. •Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Monod 1973:280 [ref. 7193] as Gasteracenthus, Parin et al. 2014:203 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758. Gasterosteidae.

Gasterostea (subgenus of Gasterosteus) Sauvage [H.-E.] 1874:7, 29 [Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10; ref. 3904] Fem. Gasterosteus pungitius Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1919:377 [ref. 4904]. •Objective synonym of Pungitius Coste 1848 -- (Monod 1973:283 [ref. 7193], Denys et al. 2017:13 [ref. 35585]). •Synonym of Pungitius d'Annone 1760. Current status: Synonym of Pungitius d'Annone 1760. Gasterosteidae.

Gasterosteus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:295 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Masc. Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:393 [ref. 2476]. On Official List (Opinion 77, Direction 56). Misspellings include Gasterosterus and Gastrosteus. Name spelled Gasterostius by Nau 1787:108 [ref. 18473], and Garterosteus by Griffith & Smith 1834:189 [ref. 1908] in synonymy. •Valid as Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Monod 1973:280 [ref. 7193], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:83 [ref. 6441], Arnoult 1986:280 [ref. 6213], Banister in Whitehead et al. 1986:640 [ref. 13676], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:623 [ref. 21581], Reshetnikov & Savvaitove 1998:111 [ref. 23593], Houston 2001:152 [ref. 25428], McLennan & Mattern 2001:11 [ref. 25222], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:332 [ref. 25968], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:180 [ref. 28183], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Scharpf 2007:34 [ref. 30398], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:490 [ref. 29996], Kuiter 2009:322 [ref. 30404], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:36 [ref. 36649], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:121 [ref. 31212], Higuichi et al. 2014:1 [ref. 33316], Parin et al. 2014:203 [ref. 33547], Denys et al. 2015:37 [ref. 35420], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:895 [ref. 34062], Pietsch & Orr 2015:29 [ref. 34694], Zhang et al. 2016:192 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:56 [ref. 35138], Esmaeili et al. 2017:95 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:77 [ref. 36089]). Current status: Valid as Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758. Gasterosteidae.

Gastraea (subgenus of Gasterosteus) Sauvage [H.-E.] 1874:7 [Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10; ref. 3904] Fem. Gasterosteus spinachia Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Spinachia Cuvier 1816 -- (Monod 1973:286 [ref. 7193]). Current status: Synonym of Spinachia Cuvier 1816. Gasterosteidae.

Gladiunculus (subgenus of Gasterosteus) Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1927:504 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 16 (no. 15); ref. 2453] Masc. Gasterosteus gladiunculus Kendall 1896. Type by monotypy (also by absolute tautonymy). Described as a new subgenus but no genus specifically mentioned. •Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Monod 1973:280 [ref. 7193]). Current status: Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758. Gasterosteidae.

Leiurus (subgenus of Gasterosteus) Swainson [W.] 1839:175, 242 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Swain 1882:276 [ref. 5966]. Leiurus on Swainson page 326 not same genus. •Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Monod 1973:280 [ref. 7193]). Current status: Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758. Gasterosteidae.

Lepisacanthus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:320 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Masc. Lepisacanthus japonicus Lacepède 1801 (= Gasterosteus japonicus Houttuyn 1782). Type by monotypy. Lepicantha Rafinesque 1815 evidently is an unjustified emendation or incorrect subsequent spelling. •Objective synonym of Monocentris Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Kotlyar 1996:199 [ref. 23292], Su et al. 2022:183 [ref. 39633]). Current status: Synonym of Monocentris Bloch & Schneider 1801. Monocentridae.

Monocentris Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:100 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Fem. Monocentris carinata Bloch & Schneider 1801 (= Gasterosteus japonicus Houttuyn 1782). Type by monotypy. Misspelled Monocentrus by authors. •Valid as Monocentris Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:109 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:413 [ref. 5712], Paxton et al. 1989:364 [ref. 12442], Kotlyar 1996:199 [ref. 23292], Paxton 1999:2214 [ref. 24788], Paxton et al. 2006:766 [ref. 28994], Roberts 2015:1008 [ref. 34256], Fricke et al. 2018:110 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:44 [ref. 36273], Su et al. 2022:183 [ref. 39633]). Current status: Valid as Monocentris Bloch & Schneider 1801. Monocentridae.

Naucrates Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:43 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Masc. Centronotus conductor Lacepède 1801 (= Gasterosteus ductor Linnaeus 1758). Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Desmarest 1856:241 [ref. 17401] -- see Whitley 1939:223 [ref. 25866] but Whitley has wrong date for Desmarest; also by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:443 [ref. 2476]. See Opinion 1799 (Appendix B in Eschmeyer et al. 1990 [ref. 26735]). Also appeared as new in Billberg 1833:53 [ref. 34146] with erroneous reference to Oken; see Kullander 2016:111 [ref. 34147]. •Valid as Naucrates Rafinesque 1810 -- (Hureau & Tortonese 1973:377 [ref. 7198], Smith-Vaniz 1984:524 [ref. 13664], Gushiken in Masuda et al. 1984:153 [ref. 6441], Smith-Vaniz in Whitehead et al. 1986:832 [ref. 13676], Smith-Vaniz 1986:653 [ref. 5718], Paxton et al. 1989:581 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:582 [ref. 22532], Lin & Shao 1999:62 [ref. 23921], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2667 [ref. 24833], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1434 [ref. 27083], Parin 2003:S7 [ref. 28536], Hoese & Gates 2006:1161 [ref. 28997], Smith-Vaniz 2008:576 [ref. 30654], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:44 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:361 [ref. 33547], Smith-Vaniz 2015:1254 [ref. 34200], Fricke et al. 2018:185 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:85 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:168 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:147 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Naucrates Rafinesque 1810. Carangidae: Naucratinae.

Obolarius Tilesius [W. G. von] (ex Steller) 1811:225 [Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Sankt Pétersbourg (5e Série) v. 3; ref. 4408] Masc. Obolarius aculeatus Tilesius 1811. Species perhaps the same as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758 (not clear from text). Not translated, perhaps not recognized as valid by Tilesius. •Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Monod 1973:280 [ref. 7193]). Current status: Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758. Gasterosteidae.

Oligoplites Gill [T. N.] 1863:166 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1681] Masc. Gasterosteus occidentalis Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Gill refers to Chorinemus occidentalis Cuvier & Valenciennes [Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:393 [ref. 1000]] which is Valenciennes' unneeded replacement name: "Chorinemus saltans, nob.; Gasterosteus occidentalis, Linn." Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:447 [ref. 2476]. Based on a nomen dubium -- (see Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:5 [ref. 12247], who regards type as Chorinemus occidentalis Günther). •Valid as Oligoplites Gill 1863 -- (Smith-Vaniz & Staiger 1973:213 [ref. 7106], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:275 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz 2003:1433 [ref. 27083]). Current status: Valid as Oligoplites Gill 1863. Carangidae: Scomberoidinae.

Polycanthus (subgenus of Aulostoma) Swainson [W.] 1839:175, 242 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Gasterosteus spinachia Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. As a subgenus on p. 175, a genus on p. 242. Not Polycanthus [Polyacanthus] Swainson 1839:174, 236 (ex Kuhl), a subgenus of Colisa. •Objective synonym of Spinachia Cuvier 1816 -- (Monod 1973:286 [ref. 7193]). Current status: Synonym of Spinachia Cuvier 1816. Gasterosteidae.

Pompilus Minding [J.] 1832:108 [Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte der Fische; ref. 3022] Masc. Gasterosteus ductor Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Naucrates Rafinesque 1810. •Predates Pompilus Lowe. Current status: Synonym of Naucrates Rafinesque 1810. Carangidae: Naucratinae.

Pseudomonopterus Bleeker [P.] 1863:266 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde. v. 15; ref. 12600] Masc. Gasterosteus volitans Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Validates Pseudomonopterus Klein 1777. •Synonym of Pterois Oken 1817 -- (Mandrytsa 2001:253 [ref. 25636]). Current status: Synonym of Pterois Oken 1817. Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae.

Pterois Oken [L.] (ex Cuvier) 1817:1182 [Isis (Oken) v. 1 (pt 8) (no. 148); ref. 3303] Fem. Scorpaena volitans of Bloch (= Gasterosteus volitans Linnaeus 1758). Type by subsequent designation. Based on "Les Pterois" of Cuvier 1816 (see Gill 1903:966 [ref. 5768]). Technical addition of species not researched. Type apparently designated by Desmarest 1856:215 [ref. 17401]; also see Whitley 1935:137 [ref. 6396] and 1939:223 [ref. 25866]. Treated as feminine by most authors. •Valid as Pterois Oken 1817 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:316 [ref. 6441], Eschmeyer 1986:466 [ref. 5652], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:91 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:446 [ref. 12442], Poss 1999:2298 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:253 [ref. 25636], Kochzius et al. 2003:399 [ref. 27290], Allen et al. 2006:879 [ref. 29002], Allen & Erdmann 2008:128 [ref. 29479], Freshwater et al. 2009:39 [ref. 30268], Aguilar-Perera & Tuz-Sulun 2010:S9 [ref. 31683], Motomura et al. 2011:98 [ref. 31717], Betancur-R. et al. 2011:1 [ref. 32977], Hubert et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31846], Hubert et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31846], Matsunuma & Motomura 2013:163 [ref. 33130], Matsunuma & Motomura 2014:1 [ref. 33609], Motomura & Struthers 2015:1095 [ref. 34285], Motomura et al. 2017:67 [ref. 35490], Wilcox et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35525], Fricke et al. 2018:132 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:53 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma & Motomura 2018:96 [ref. 36416], Fricke et al. 2019:101 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Pterois Oken 1817. Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae.

Pungitius d'Annone [J. J.] 1760:302 [Acta Helvetica, Physico-Mathematico-Anatomico-Botanico-Medica (Basile) v. 4; ref. 38366] Masc. Gasterosteus pungitius Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Based on 'De ... Pungitio ...' of Jonston 1649:158 [ref. 30579]. Also appeared as new as Pungitius Coste 1848:588 [ref. 5556], without named species; subsequent addition of species for this taxon not researched; type above as given by Jordan 1923:174 [ref. 2421]; type may involve P. laevis (see footnote in Monod 1973:283 [ref. 7193]). •Valid as Pungitius Coste 1848 -- (Monod 1973:283 [ref. 7193], Takata et al. 1984 [ref. 6727], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:83 [ref. 6441], Banister in Whitehead et al. 1986:641 [ref. 13676], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:56 [ref. 22798], Reshetnikov & Savvaitove 1998:111 [ref. 23593], Keivany & Nelson 2000:107 [ref. 24720], McLennan & Mattern 2001:11 [ref. 25222], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:332 [ref. 25968], Kolpakov 2003:847 [ref. 27537], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:181 [ref. 28183], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Shedko et al. 2005:223 [ref. 29561], Scharpf 2007:35 [ref. 30398], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:490 [ref. 29996], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:121 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:204 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:895 [ref. 34062], Takahashi et al. 2016:44 [ref. 34337], Zhang et al. 2016:192 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:57 [ref. 35138], Esmaeili et al. 2017:95 [ref. 35254], Denys et al. 2017:13 [ref. 35585], Esmaeili et al. 2018:77 [ref. 36089]). •Valid as Pungitius d'Annone 1760 -- (Matsumoto et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38508], Wang et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38800]). Current status: Valid as Pungitius d'Annone 1760. Gasterosteidae.

Pygosteus Gill [T. N.] (ex Brevoort) 1861:39 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 13 (Suppl.); ref. 1766] Masc. Gasterosteus occidentalis Cuvier 1829. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1877:93 [ref. 4907]. •Synonym of Pungitius Coste 1848 -- (Monod 1973:283 [ref. 7193], Parin et al. 2014:204 [ref. 33547], Denys et al. 2017:13 [ref. 35585]). •Synonym of Pungitius d'Annone 1760. Current status: Synonym of Pungitius d'Annone 1760. Gasterosteidae.

Spinachia Cuvier [G.] 1816:320 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Fem. Gasterosteus spinachia Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy (also by absolute tautonymy). •Valid as Spinachia Cuvier 1816 -- (Monod 1973:286 [ref. 7193], Banister in Whitehead et al. 1986:643 [ref. 13676], McLennan & Mattern 2001:11 [ref. 25222], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Kuiter 2009:322 [ref. 30404], Parin et al. 2014:206 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Spinachia Cuvier 1816. Gasterosteidae.

Spinachia Fleming [J.] 1828:219 [A history of British animals; ref. 1339] Fem. Spinachia vulgaris Fleming 1828 (= Gasterosteus spinachia Linnaeus 1758). Type by monotypy. Spinachia vulgaris an unneeded substitute for Gasterosteus spinachia. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Spinachia Cuvier 1816. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Spinachia Cuvier 1816. Gasterosteidae.

Xystophorus Richardson [J.] 1845:52 [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Masc. Gasterosteus ductor Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared without species; Fowler 1936:681 [ref. 6546] applied a species and named it as type but did not treat Xystophorus as a valid name. •Synonym of Naucrates Rafinesque 1810. Current status: Synonym of Naucrates Rafinesque 1810. Carangidae: Naucratinae.


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