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Genera in the family or subfamily Rhincodontidae: [ 3 ] records

Micristodus Gill [T. N.] 1865:177 Masc. Micristodus punctatus Gill 1865. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Rhincodon Smith 1829 -- (Compagno 1984:210 [ref. 6474], Cappetta 1987:81 [ref. 6348], Goto 2001:82 [ref. 25912], Compagno 2001:203 [ref. 26323]). Current status: Synonym of Rhincodon Smith 1829. Rhincodontidae.

Rhincodon Smith [A.] 1829:433 Masc. Rhincodon typus Smith 1828. Type by monotypy (also by use of typus). On Official List (Opinion 1278). Misspelled Rineodon, Rhiniodon, Rhinodon, and Rhinecodon. Misspelled Rhinodon by Müller & Henle 1839:77 [ref. 3069]. Rhiniodon Smith 1828:2 on Official Index for purposes of priority (Opinion 1278). Appeared first as Rhiniodon Smith 1828 (see also Penrith 1972 [ref. 7140]), but not accepted by ICZN. •Valid as Rhincodon Smith 1829 -- (Compagno 1984:209 [ref. 6474], Bass 1986:66 [ref. 5635], Wolfson 1986 [ref. 6150], Cappetta 1987:81 [ref. 6348], Paxton et al. 1989:94 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:118 [ref. 22532], Compagno 1999:477 [ref. 25589], Goto 2001:82 [ref. 25912], Compagno 2001:202 [ref. 26323], Compagno 2003:442 [ref. 26984], Compagno et al. 2005:23 [ref. 29145], Hoese & Gates 2006:130 [ref. 28997], White 2008:51 [ref. 30617], Kimura 2009:10 [ref. 30426], Castro 2011:194 [ref. 31457], Moore et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31771], Roberts 2015:111 [ref. 34220], Dyldin 2015:44 [ref. 34524], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:71 [ref. 34398], White et al. 2018:82 [ref. 35860], Fricke et al. 2018:8 [ref. 35805], Dyldin & Orlov 2018:162 [ref. 35920], Ehemann et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36194], Golani & Fricke 2018:10 [ref. 36273], White & Ko'ou 2018:22 [ref. 35922], Brown et al. 2019:152 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:37 [ref. 36673], Ebert et al. 2021:38 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Rhincodon Smith 1829. Rhincodontidae.

Rhiniodon Smith [A.] 1828:2 Masc. Rhincodon typus Smith 1828. Type by monotypy (also by use of typus). Rhiniodon placed on Official Index for purposes of priority (Opinion 1278). See Rhincodon Smith. Rhineodon, Rineodon and Rhinodon are misspellings or unjustified emendations. •Synonym of Rhincodon Smith 1829 -- (Compagno 2001:202 [ref. 26323], Hoese & Gates 2006:130 [ref. 28997]). Current status: Synonym of Rhincodon Smith 1829. Rhincodontidae.