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Genera that contain: Sperata [ 6 ] records

Aoria Jordan [D. S.] 1919:341 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 70 (for 1918); ref. 2413] Fem. Bagrus lamarrii Valenciennes 1840. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Macrones Duméril 1856, preoccupied by Macrones Newman 1841 in Coleoptera. Aoria itself preoccupied by Aoria Baly 1863 in Coleoptera and replaced by Aorichthys Wu 1939 and by Macronichthys White & Moy-Thomas 1940. Sperata Holly 1939 is an earlier replacement name for Macrones Duméril 1856. •Synonym of Aorichthys Wu 1939 -- (Mo 1991:129 [ref. 19952]). •Synonym of Mystus Scopoli 1777 -- (Roberts 1989:120 [ref. 6439], Gao in Pan et al. 1991:312 [ref. 23876], Zheng in Chu et al. 1999:68 [ref. 24534], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:23 [ref. 26894]). •Synonym of Sperata Holly 1939 -- (Ferraris & Runge 1999:400 [ref. 24039], Jayaram 2006:23 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:266 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Sperata Holly 1939. Bagridae.

Aorichthys Wu [H.-W.] 1939:131 [Sinensia v. 10 (nos 1-6); ref. 4805] Masc. Bagrus lamarrii Valenciennes 1840. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Aoria Jordan 1919, preoccupied by Aoria Baly 1863 in Coleoptera. Aoria itself a replacement for Macrones Duméril 1856. Objective synonym of Sperata Holly 1939 (Feb.), apparently a slightly earlier replacement for Macrones than Aorichthys (Dec.). •Synonym of Mystus Scopoli 1777 -- (Ganguly & Datta 1975:297 [ref. 7248], Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Roberts 1989:120 [ref. 6439], Gao in Pan et al. 1991:312 [ref. 23876], Zheng in Chu et al. 1999:68 [ref. 24534], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:23 [ref. 26894]). •Valid as Aorichthys Wu 1939 -- (Jayaram 1977:38 [ref. 7005], Jayaram 1981:204 [ref. 6497], Mo 1991:129 [ref. 19952] and Mirza et al. 1992:211 [ref. 21080] but with type as Pimelodus aor Hamilton). •Synonym of Sperata Holly 1939 -- (Ferraris & Runge 1999:400 [ref. 24039], Jayaram 2006:23 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:266 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Sperata Holly 1939. Bagridae.

Macrones Duméril [A. M. C.] 1856:484 [Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences : tirés des registres de cette Académie. v. 27 (no. 1); ref. 1154] Masc. Bagrus lamarrii Valenciennes 1840. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Macrones Newman 1841 in Coleoptera, replaced by Aoria Jordan 1917 (preoccupied by Aoria Baly 1863 and replaced by Aorichthys Wu 1939 and Macronichthys White & Moy-Thomas 1940); Macrones also replaced by Sperata Holly (Feb.) 1939. •Synonym of Mystus Scopoli 1777 -- (Roberts 1989:120 [ref. 6439], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:22 [ref. 26894] as Macrons). •Synonym of Sperata Holly 1939 -- (Ferraris & Runge 1999:400 [ref. 24039], Jayaram 2006:23 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:266 [ref. 32989]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sperata Holly 1939. Bagridae.

Macronichthys White [E. I.] & Moy-Thomas [J. A.] 1940:505 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 5 (no. 30) (art. 48); ref. 4650] Masc. Bagrus lamarrii Valenciennes 1840. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Aoria Jordan 1917. Aoria itself is a replacement for Macrones Duméril 1856 (preoccupied, replaced earlier by Sperata Holly 1939); Aoria replaced earlier by Aorichthys Wu 1939. •Objective synonym of Sperata and Aorichthys. •Synonym of Mystus Scopoli 1777 -- (Roberts 1989:120 [ref. 6439], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:23 [ref. 26894] as Macronoichthys). •Synonym of Sperata Holly 1939 -- (Ferraris & Runge 1999:400 [ref. 24039], Jayaram 2006:23 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:266 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Sperata Holly 1939. Bagridae.

Osteobagrus (subgenus of Mystus) Jayaram [K. C.] 1954:529, 547 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 51 (pt 4); ref. 2336] Masc. Pimelodus aor Hamilton 1822. Type by original designation. See Das 2003:379 [ref. 27706]. •Synonym of Aorichthys Wu 1939 -- (Mo 1991:129 [ref. 19952]). •Synonym of Sperata Holly 1939 -- (Ferraris & Runge 1999:400 [ref. 24039], Jayaram 2006:23 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:266 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Sperata Holly 1939. Bagridae.

Sperata Holly [M.] 1939:143 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 125 (no. 5/6); ref. 2191] Fem. Bagrus lamarrii Valenciennes 1840. Type by being a replacement name. Intended as a replacement for Macrones Duméril 1856, preoccupied by Macrones Newman 1841 in Coleoptera; but Holly wrongly designated vittata Bloch as type; if Macrones is considered a French vernacular, then Sperata apparently can stand on its own with type as vittata. See also Aoria Jordan 1917, Aorichthys Wu 1939, and Macronichthys White & Moy-Thomas 1940. See Ferraris & Runge 1999:400-401 [ref. 24039] for a discussion; they treat Macrones as an available generic name, and treat Sperata as a replacement name (with the wrong type species listed by Holly). •Synonym of Mystus Scopoli 1777 -- (Roberts 1989:120 [ref. 6439], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:23 [ref. 26894]). •Valid as Sperata Holly 1939 -- (Ferraris & Runge 1999:400 [ref. 24039], Ataur Rahman 2003:216 [ref. 31338], Jayaram 2006:23 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:266 [ref. 32989], Kumar et al. 2020:[2] [ref. 37905]). Current status: Valid as Sperata Holly 1939. Bagridae.


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