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Cynodon
Spix, 1829
(fish)
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Entity:
Cynodontidae (Family) - sabertoothed characids
..Hydrolycus (Genus)
..Rhaphiodon (Genus)
..Cynodon (Genus)
....Cynodon gibbus (Species)
....Cynodon meionactis (Species)
....Cynodon septenarius (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
J.B. von Spix,
in
Spix & Agassiz, 1829, nom. praeocc., nom. cons.
Original name
:
von Spix, J.B. 1829. In Spix & Agassiz: 77.
Gender
Masculine
Ref:
ICZN, 2002c. Opinion 2012
: 223.
Attributes
Junior homonym (nom. illeg.: nom. praeocc.) [ICZN]
Ref:
ICZN, 2002c. Opinion 2012
: 223.
[implicit]
Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6]
Ref:
ICZN, 2002c. Opinion 2012
: 223.
[
new
]
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 81.1]
Ref:
ICZN, 2002c. Opinion 2012
: 223 ("conserved").
[
new
]
Types
Type of
:
Cynodontidae
(Family)
Eigenmann, 1903, nom. protect.
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; 27 Nov 2012.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Cynodontinae
(Subfamily)
Eigenmann, 1907
Type of
:
Cynodontoidea
(Superfamily)
Type, by monotypy
:
Cynodon gibbus
Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 3 Jan 2013.
Type, by subsequent designation
:
Cynodon gibbus
Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Ref:
ICZN, 2002c
: 223.
[
new
]
Homonyms
Senior homonym (allowed)
:
Cynodon
(Genus)
Rich. (1805), nom. cons.
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present
: 15 Jul 2017.
Junior homonym
:
Cynodon
(Genus)
Campos, 1945, nom. illeg.
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: 5 Jan 2014.
Rejected homonym
:
Cynodon
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1829
Ref:
ICZN, 2002c
: 223.
[
new
]
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
†
Amphicynodon
(Genus)
Filhol, 1882
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Junior objective synonym
:
Camposichthys
(Genus)
Travassos, 1946
Ref:
ICZN, 2002c
: 224.
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