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Genera in the family or subfamily Ammodytidae: [ 11 ] records

Ammodytes Linnaeus [C.] 1758:247 Masc. Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Name spelled Ammodites by Wulff 1765:20 [ref. 17844]. Spelled Amodytes by Ascanius 1767:21 [ref. 30153]. Spelled Ammodites by Bonnaterre 1788:39 [ref. 4940]. On Official List (Opinion 75). •Valid as Ammodytes Linnaeus 1758 -- (Wheeler 1973:446 [ref. 7190], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:197 [ref. 7348], Stevens et al. 1984:574 [ref. 13671], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:222 [ref. 6441], Reay in Whitehead et al. 1986:946 [ref. 13676], Winters & Dalley 1988 [ref. 12881], Nizinski et al. 1990 [ref. 16687], Ida et al. 1994:258 [ref. 22075], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:795 [ref. 25968], Parin 2003:S20 [ref. 28536], Randall & Earle 2008:603 [ref. 29779], Randall & Heemstra 2009:21 [ref. 30095], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:30 [ref. 36649], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:131 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:464 [ref. 33547], Turanov & Kartavtsev 2014:447 [ref. 34455], Orr et al. 2015:138 [ref. 33719], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:222 [ref. 34440], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:187 [ref. 35257]). Current status: Valid as Ammodytes Linnaeus 1758. Ammodytidae.

Ammodytoides Duncker [G.] & Mohr [E.] 1939:23 Masc. Bleekeria vaga McCulloch & Waite 1916. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Ammodytoides Duncker & Mohr 1939 -- (Randall et al. 1994 [ref. 21152], Ida et al. 1994:257 [ref. 22075], Collette & Randall 2000:399 [ref. 24576], Collette 2001:3518 [ref. 26286], Hoese & Bray 2006:1508 [ref. 29000], Randall & Earle 2008:603 [ref. 29779], Randall & Heemstra 2009:21 [ref. 30095], Shibukawa & Ida 2013:25 [ref. 32579]). Current status: Valid as Ammodytoides Duncker & Mohr 1939. Ammodytidae.

Argyrotaenia Gill [T. N.] 1861:40 Fem. Ammodytes vittatus DeKay 1842. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Ammodytes Linnaeus 1758 -- (Orr et al. 2015:138 [ref. 33719]). Current status: Synonym of Ammodytes Linnaeus 1758. Ammodytidae.

Bleekeria Günther [A.] 1862:387 Fem. Bleekeria kallolepis Günther 1862. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Bleekeria Günther 1862 -- (Stevens et al. 1984:574 [ref. 13671], Heemstra 1986:769 [ref. 5660], Randall et al. 1994:85 [ref. 21152], Ida et al. 1994:257 [ref. 22075], Collette 2001:3518 [ref. 26286], Randall & Heemstra 2009:21 [ref. 30095], Randall & Ida 2014:1 [ref. 33500], Varsha et al. 2019:19 [ref. 36631], Psomadakis et al. 2021:419 [ref. 38060]). Current status: Valid as Bleekeria Günther 1862. Ammodytidae.

Embolichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] in Jordan 1903:693 Masc. Bleekeria mitsukurii Jordan & Evermann 1902. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Embolichthys Jordan & Evermann 1903 -- (Stevens et al. 1984:574 [ref. 13671], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:222 [ref. 6441], Pietsch & Zabetian 1990 [ref. 13748]). •Synonym of Bleekeria Günther 1862 -- (Ida et al. 1994:257 [ref. 22075], Ho & Shao 2011:51 [ref. 31432]). Current status: Synonym of Bleekeria Günther 1862. Ammodytidae.

Gymnammodytes Duncker [G.] & Mohr [E.] 1935:217 Masc. Ammodytes cicerelus Rafinesque 1810. Type apparently by monotypy. New genus appeared in footnote. Text somewhat unclear, apparently additional species all referred to (or questionably referred to) cicerelus; if more than one species is included then this name is not available from Duncker & Möhr (no designation of type after 1930). •Valid as Gymnammodytes Duncker & Mohr 1935 -- (Wheeler 1973:447 [ref. 7190], Stevens et al. 1984:574 [ref. 13671], Heemstra 1986:770 [ref. 5660], Reay in Whitehead et al. 1986:947 [ref. 13676] dating to Duncker & Mohr 1939, Ida et al. 1994:258 [ref. 22075], Parin 2003:S20 [ref. 28536], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:56 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:465 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Gymnammodytes Duncker & Mohr 1935. Ammodytidae.

Herklotsina Fowler [H. W.] 1931:311 Fem. Herklotsina viridianguilla Fowler 1931. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Bleekeria Günther 1862. Current status: Synonym of Bleekeria Günther 1862. Ammodytidae.

Hyperoplus (subgenus of Ammodytes) Günther [A.] 1862:384 Masc. Ammodytes lanceolatus Le Sauvage 1824. Type by monotypy. Described as a section of Ammodytes. •Synonym of Ammodytes Linnaeus 1758 -- (authors). •Valid as Hyperoplus Günther 1862 -- (Wheeler 1973:447 [ref. 7190], Stevens et al. 1984:574 [ref. 13671], Reay in Whitehead et al. 1986:949 [ref. 13676], Ida et al. 1994:258 [ref. 22075], Parin 2003:S21 [ref. 28536], Parin et al. 2014:465 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Hyperoplus Günther 1862. Ammodytidae.

Lepidammodytes Ida [H.], Sirimontaporn [P.] & Monkolprasit [S. P.] 1994:255 Masc. Lepidammodytes macrophthalmus Ida, Sirimontaporn & Monkolprasit 1994. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Lepidammodytes Ida, Sirimontaporn & Monkolprasit 1994. Current status: Valid as Lepidammodytes Ida, Sirimontaporn & Monkolprasit 1994. Ammodytidae.

Protammodytes Ida [H.], Sirimontaporn [P.] & Monkolprasit [S. P.] 1994:253 Masc. Protammodytes brachistos Ida, Sirimontaporn & Monkolprasit 1994. Type by original designation. •Valid as Protammodytes Ida, Sirimontaporn & Monkolprasit 1994 -- (Robins 2003:1745 [ref. 27108], Ho & Shao 2011:51 [ref. 31432], Randall & Ida 2014:1 [ref. 33500]). Current status: Valid as Protammodytes Ida, Sirimontaporn & Monkolprasit 1994. Ammodytidae.

Sgairhynchus Costa [O. G.] 1849:62 Masc. Ammodytes cicerelus Rafinesque 1810. Type by subsequent designation. Not available, appeared as name only; type affixed by Fowler 1936:1029 [ref. 6546] but as name in synonymy and not used as a valid taxon. •In the synonymy of Ammodytes Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Ammodytes Linnaeus 1758. Ammodytidae.