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Taxon: Family Chilodontidae Fowler, 1950, nom. illeg. - headstanders (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (Fowler, 1950), nom. van.
Unavailable original name Eigenmann, C.H. 1903. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 45: 144 ("Chilodinæ"). [subfamily].
Original name Eigenmann, C. 1910. In W.B. Scott (ed.), Reports of The Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899 (Zoölogy) 3 (4), (12 Feb) 1910: 424 ("Subfamily Chilodinæ.").
Subsequent spelling (diff. rank) Fowler, 1950. Arquivos de Zoologia 6: 214. ["Chilodontinae"].
Subsequent rank
Source for the authorship van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 45 ("Eigenmann 1903"). [false].
Source for the authorship International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2024. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 81: Ruling (4)(b) (p. 134: "Chilodontinae Fowler, 1950"). [implicit]

Attributes

Unjustified emendation (nom. illeg.: nom. van.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.3] Ref: ICZN, 2024. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 81: Ruling (2) (p. 133: "Chilodontinae"). [implicit]
Justified emendation (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2] Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 93 (1): 173. [false]. [indirect]
Junior homonym (nom. illeg.: nom. praeocc.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 55.3 (fam.: similar type gen.)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 4 Jun 2024.
Emendation (nom. emend.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.1] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 45 ("emended").
Proposed Justified emendation, ruled under the plenary power (: orth. nov.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 55.3.1] Ref: D.G. Herbert & P. Bouchet, 2011. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 68 (3): ruling (1)(c) (p. 177: "Chilodontinae"). [false]. [implicit]

Types

TypeChilodus (Genus) Müller & Troschel, 1844

Variants

BasionymChilodinae (Subfamily) Eigenmann, 1910 Ref: R. van der Laan et al., 2014: 45.
Different rankChilodontinae (Subfamily) Fowler, 1950, nom. illeg.
Current spellingChilodidae (Family) Eigenmann, 1910 Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (4 Feb 2025). [inferred]

Homonyms

Senior homonymChilodontidae (Family) Wenz, 1938, nom. cons. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 6 Mar 2025.
Senior homonymChilodontidae (Family) Bronn, 1859, nom. rej. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 21 Mar 2021.
Junior homonymChilodontidae (Family) Wenz, 1938, nom. cons. Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2017: 66 ("Eigenmann, 1912"). [false]. [implicit]
Junior homonymChilodontinae (Subfamily) Wenz, 1938, nom. cons. Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2017: 66 ("Eigenmann, 1912").
Junior homonymChilodontini (Tribe) Wenz, 1938, nom. cons. Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2017: 66 ("Eigenmann, 1912"). [implicit]

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameheadstanders Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 200.
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