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Monotypic taxon: Genus Gnathanodon Bleeker, 1850 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  P. Bleeker, 1851[1850]
Original name, rank & spelling:  Bleeker, P. 1851[1850]. Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 1 / 1850 (2): 160 ("Gnathanodon speciosus Blkr. = Caranx speciosus CV."). ≡
Description/Diagnosis in Latin:  Bleeker, P. 1852[1851]. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 24 (art. 5), [preprint Jan 1851]: 72 ("Blkr."). ≡
Subsequent publication:  Bleeker, P. 1851. Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 1 / 1850 (4): 352 ("Blkr."). ≡

Attributes

Available genus-group name with available specific names [ICZN, 1999: Art. 12.2.5 (<1931)] Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 8 Jul 2025 ("Appeared without description ..., but new name plus existing species is sufficient for availability.").

Types

Type: Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)

Variants

Different spelling: Gnathodon (Genus) Oken, 1816
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