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Taxon: Subfamily Carapinae Poey, 1867, nom. protect., nom. praeval. - fierasfers (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Poey, 1867), nom. protect., nom. praeval.
Original name:  Poey, 1867: 209. [family "Carapidi"].
Subsequent rank: 

Attributes

Imperfect name (orth. inval.: orth. imperf.) [ICZN] Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 93 (1): 174.
Protected name (nom. protect.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 23.9.2] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 68 ("Carapidae in prevailing recent practice"). [implicit]
Spelling in prevailing usage ([orth. praeval.]) Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 68 ("Name and spelling in prevailing recent practice").
Junior subjective synonym in prevailing usage (nom. praeval.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 35.5 (fam.: subfam.)] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 68 ("Name and spelling in prevailing recent practice").

Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Carapidae (Family) Poey, 1867, nom. protect., nom. praeval. Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (4 Feb 2025). [inferred]
Type: Carapus (Genus) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 11 Jun 2025; [<28 Jun 2025]. [inferred]

Variants

Different spelling: Carapodinae (Subfamily)
Correct spelling: Carapodinae (Subfamily) Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980: 174.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: fierasfers Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (4 Feb 2025).
: pearlfishes Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2467.
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