Genera that contain: Velifer [ 6 ] records

Histiodraco Regan [C. T.] 1914:9 [British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') expedition v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 3659] Masc. Dolloidraco velifer Regan 1914. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Histiodraco Regan 1914 -- (Eakin 1981:138 [ref. 14216], Stevens et al. 1984:563 [ref. 13633], Eakin 1990:338 [ref. 21697], Miller 1993:300 [ref. 21297], Eastman & Eakin 1999:13 [ref. 23820], Eastman & Eakin 2000:16 [ref. 24631], Balushkin 2000:S97 [ref. 29555], Parker & Near 2022:667 [ref. 39801]). Current status: Valid as Histiodraco Regan 1914. Harpagiferidae: Artedidraconinae.

Letharchus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1882:436 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 297); ref. 1840] Masc. Letharchus velifer Goode & Bean 1882. Type by monotypy. Misspelled Letharcus by Goode & Bean on p. 437 (corrected in "List of Corrections" on p. xi). •Valid as Letharchus Goode & Bean 1882 -- (McCosker 1974 [ref. 2933], McCosker 1977:63 [ref. 6836], Leiby 1984:414 [ref. 12859], McCosker et al. 1989:313 [ref. 13288], McCosker 2003:732 [ref. 26993]). Current status: Valid as Letharchus Goode & Bean 1882. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.

Litanchus (subgenus of Antennablennius) Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:247, 248 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 14; ref. 4123] Masc. Antennablennius (Litanchus) velifer Smith 1959. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Antennablennius Fowler 1931 -- (Bath 1983:48 [ref. 5393]). Current status: Synonym of Antennablennius Fowler 1931. Blenniidae: Salariinae.

Metavelifer Walters [V.] 1960:246 [Copeia 1960 (no. 3); ref. 4577] Masc. Velifer multiradiatus Regan 1907. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Metavelifer Walters 1960 -- (Olney 1984:369 [ref. 13656], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:116 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:399 [ref. 5660], Olney et al. 1993 [ref. 21802], Gomon et al. 1994:429 [ref. 22532], Wiley et al. 1998:423 [ref. 25588], Olney 1999:1967 [ref. 24751], Paxton et al. 2006:534 [ref. 28994], Bray 2008:296 [ref. 30620], Roberts 2012:54 [ref. 32187], Stewart 2015:683 [ref. 34254], Fricke et al. 2018:79 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Metavelifer Walters 1960. Veliferidae.

Velifer Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:312 [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Masc. Velifer hypselopterus Bleeker 1879. Type by subsequent monotypy. Original description without species; one species added by Bleeker 1879:16 [ref. 460]; Bleeker's species is name only but regarded as available by reference to "Velifer Schl." •Valid as Velifer Temminck & Schlegel 1850 -- (Walters 1960:246 [ref. 4577], Olney 1984:369 [ref. 13656], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:116 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:399 [ref. 5660] but credited to Bleeker, Paxton et al. 1989:397 [ref. 12442], Olney et al. 1993 [ref. 21802], Olney 1999:1967 [ref. 24751], Paxton et al. 2006:535 [ref. 28994], Shinohara et al. 2011:40 [ref. 31715], Roberts 2012:54 [ref. 32187], Fricke et al. 2018:79 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Velifer Temminck & Schlegel 1850. Veliferidae.

Zebrasoma (subgenus of Acanthurus) Swainson [W.] 1839:178, 256 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Neut. Acanthurus velifer Bloch 1795. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Zebrasoma Swainson 1839 -- (Leis & Richards 1984:548 [ref. 13669], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:230 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:817 [ref. 5706], Tyler et al. 1989:37 [ref. 13460], Blot & Tyler 1990:33 [ref. 19415], Winterbottom 1993:36 [ref. 20307], Guiasu & Winterbottom 1993:300 [ref. 21023], Randall 2001:3654 [ref. 26301], Allen et al. 2006:1743 [ref. 29094], Hubert et al. 2012:6 [ref. 31846], Kottelat 2013:443 [ref. 32989], Bernardi et al. 2018:3 [ref. 36114], Fricke et al. 2018:357 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:168 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:305 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Zebrasoma Swainson 1839. Acanthuridae.