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Genera that contain: Pristigaster [ 5 ] records

Opisthopterus Gill [T. N.] 1861:38 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 13; ref. 1767] Masc. Pristigaster tartoor Valenciennes 1847 (= Pristigaster tardoore Cuvier 1829). Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Opisthopterus Gill 1861 -- (Whitehead 1967:121 [ref. 6464], Grande 1985:244 [ref. 6466], Whitehead 1985:290 [ref. 5141], Kottelat 1989:4 [ref. 13605], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:120 [ref. 24550], Monroe et al. 1999:1755 [ref. 24728], Kottelat 2013:51 [ref. 32989]). •Possible synonym of Raconda Gray 1831 -- (Lavoué et al. 2018:[1] [ref. 36021]). Current status: Valid as Opisthopterus Gill 1861. Pristigasteridae.

Pliosteostoma Norman [J. R.] 1923:21 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 11 (no. 61) (art. 1); ref. 3212] Neut. Pristigaster lutipinnis Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Pliosteostoma Norman 1923 -- (Grande 1985:245 [ref. 6466], Whitehead 1985:284 [ref. 5141], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:119 [ref. 24550]). Current status: Valid as Pliosteostoma Norman 1923. Pristigasteridae.

Potamorhina Cope [E. D.] 1878:685 [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 17 (no. 101); ref. 945] Fem. Curimatus (Anodus) pristigaster Steindachner 1876. Type by monotypy. Unjustifiably emended to, or misspelled Potamorrhina by authors. •Valid as Potamorhina Cope 1878 -- (Vari 1983:4 [ref. 5419], Vari 1984 [ref. 5307], see also Géry et al. 1987:433 [ref. 6001], Vari 1989:6 [ref. 9189], Taphorn 1992:420 [ref. 23654], Britski et al. 1999:74 [ref. 24147], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:57 [ref. 27061] as on p. 675, Oliveira et al. 2011:11 [ref. 31685], Sarmiento et al. 2014:186 [ref. 35004]). Current status: Valid as Potamorhina Cope 1878. Curimatidae.

Pristigaster Cuvier [G.] 1816:176 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Fem. Pristigaster cayanus Cuvier 1829. Type by subsequent designation. First appeared (1816:176 [ref. 993]) with description of 1 unnamed species; 2 species named in Cuvier 1829:321 [ref. 995], P. cayanus traceable to 1816:176 (as type); type also restricted by Gill 1861; see Whitehead 1967:100 [ref. 6464]. Spelled Pristogaster by Swainson 1838:266 [ref. 4302]. •Valid as Pristigaster Cuvier 1816 -- (Grande 1985:245 [ref. 6466], Whitehead 1985:301 [ref. 5141], Menezes & de Pinna 2000:238 [ref. 24411], Munroe 2003:797 [ref. 26996], de Pinna & Di Dario in Reis et al. 2003:44 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Valid as Pristigaster Cuvier 1816. Pristigasteridae.

Zunasia Jordan [D. S.] & Metz [C. W.] 1913:7 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 2490] Fem. Pristigaster chinensis Basilewsky 1855. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Ilisha Richardson 1846 -- (Poll et al. 1984:44 [ref. 6172], Whitehead 1985:261 [ref. 5141], de Pinna & Di Dario in Reis et al. 2003:43 [ref. 27061], Kottelat 2013:49 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Ilisha Richardson 1846. Pristigasteridae.


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