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Monotypic taxon: Family Comephoridae Bonaparte, 1850 - Baikal oilfishes (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Bonaparte, 1850)
Unavailable original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 39 ("Ordine. I Comeforini."). [family, nom. vernac.; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]. ≡
Original name:  Bonaparte, 1850. [subfamily "Comephorini"].
Subsequent rank: 
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 88 ("Bonaparte 1850").

Types

Type: Comephorus (Genus) Lacepède, 1800 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 335. [implicit]

Variants

Current rank: Comephorinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1850 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 492; 2 May 2025. [inferred]

Synonyms

In: Cottidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 15 Aug 2025; 26 Aug 2025. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: olievissen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: Baikal oilfishes Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2475.
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