Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			P. Artedi, 1738 ex Scopoli, 1777, gen. caelebs
Unavailable original name, rank & spelling	:			Plin. l. 32. c. 11. [nom. veter.]. ≡
Unavailable original name, rank & spelling	:			Artedi, P. 1738. Ichthyologiæ (pt. 4): App. (p. 117). [nom. praeinit.]. ≡
Original name, rank & spelling	:			Scopoli, I.A. 1777. Intr. Hist. Nat.: 453 ("Arted."). ≡
Possibly Original inclusion of species	:			Cuvier, [G.] 1817[1816]. Règne Anim. [ed. 1] 2: 227 ("Artéd."); ix. (sub [genus] "Cyclopterus. L."). ≡

Etymology

Greek Liparis, Name of a river.	Ref: H.D. Cameron & P.K. Tubbs, 1990: 297 [H.D. Cameron].
Greek liparos, oily.	Ref: H.D. Cameron & P.K. Tubbs, 1990: 297 [H.D. Cameron].

Gender

Masculine				Ref: 1993. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 50 (4): Corrigenda (p. 313).
Feminine				Ref: ICZN, 1992. Opinion 1673: 95. [false (ECoF, 15 Aug 2025)].

Attributes

Available genus-group name without included nominal species ([gen. caelebs]) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 12, 67.2.2 (<1931)]				Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 15 Aug 2025 ("Appeared without species").
Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6]				Ref: ICZN, 1992. Opinion 1673: 95 [Ruling (2)]. [new]

Types

Type of	:	Liparidae (Family) Gill, 1861, nom. cons.		Ref: ICZN, 1992: 95.
Type of	:	Liparididae (Family) nom. van.
Type of	:	Liparinae (Subfamily) Gill, 1861
Type, by absolute tautonymy	:	Cyclopterus liparis Linnaeus, 1766		Ref: ICZN, 1992: 95.

Homonyms

Junior homonym (allowed)	:	Liparis (Genus) Rich. (1817), nom. cons.		Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 22 Sep 2011.
Junior homonym	:	Liparis (Genus) Bosc, 1802, nom. illeg.		Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: 22 Sep 2011.

Vernacular Names (Latin)

Stem	:	Lipar-	Ref: ICZN, 1992: 95 [Ruling (1)]. [new]
	:	Liparid-	Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980: 170, 176.