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Monotypic taxon: Family †Arthropteridae Jordan, 1905, nom. illeg. (fish)
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Authorship

Original name, rank & spelling Jordan, 1905: 553.

Attributes

Invalid name: type genus is a junior homonym (nom. illeg.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 39] Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018. Eur. J. Taxon. 466: 44 ("type genus preoccupied ...; invalid, Art. 39").

Types

TypeArthropterus (Genus) Agassiz, 1843, nom. illeg. Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 44.

Homonyms

Senior homonym (unavailable)Arthropteridae (Family) Fieber, 1860, nom. inval. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 5 May 2024.

Synonyms

Replacement nameArthrobatidae (Family) Greenfield, 2024 Ref: T. Greenfield, 2024: 299. [new]
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