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Monotypic taxon: Superfamily "Ogcocephalioidea" Nelson, 1994, orth. inval. (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation J.S. Nelson, 1994, orth. null.
Original name Gill, 1893: 138. [family "Onchocephalidae"].
Subsequent rank Berg, 1940: 343, 499 ("Superfamily"). ("Oncocephaloidae").
Subsequent spelling Lindberg, 1971: 291 ("Ogcocephaloidea").
Subsequent spelling Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the World (ed. 3): 245.

Attributes

Incorrect subsequent spelling (orth. inval.: orth. null.) [ICZN] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 11 Jun 2012.

Types

TypeOgcocephalus (Genus) Fischer, 1813 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 254; 3 Feb 2024. [inferred]

Variants

Current rankOgcocephaloidei (Suborder) Bertin & Arambourg, 1958 Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 165. [indirect]
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