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Pristigaster
Cuvier, 1816
(fish)
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Entity:
Pristigasterinae (Subfamily)
..Odontognathus (Genus)
..Opisthopterus (Genus)
..Raconda (Genus)
..Pristigaster (Genus)
....Pristigaster cayana (Species) - Amazon hatchet herring
....Pristigaster whiteheadi (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
[G.] Cuvier, 1817[1816]
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Cuvier, [G.] 1817[1816],
R. Anim.
2
, [Nov 1816]: 176 ("Cuv.").
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Etymology
Greek (subst. fem.)
γαστήρ
[
gastḗr
]
(gen.:
γαστρός
), abdomen.
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980
: 174, 176.
Types
Type of
:
Pristigasteridae
(Family)
Bleeker, 1872, "nom. praeval."
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 9 Apr 2025; 30 Oct 2012.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Pristigasterinae
(Subfamily)
Bleeker, 1872, "nom. praeval."
Type of
:
Pristigastridae
(Family)
Bleeker, 1872
Type of
:
Pristigastrinae
(Subfamily)
Variants
Different spelling
:
Pristogaster
(Genus)
Swainson, 1838
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Vernacular Names (Latin)
Stem
:
Pristigastr-
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980
: 174, 176.
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