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Taxon: Genus Callichthys Scopoli, 1777 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  L.T. Gronovius, 1763 ex J.A. Scopoli, 1777, gen. caelebs, orth. corr.
Unavailable original name, rank & spelling:  Gronovius, L.T. 1763. Zoophyl. (fasc. 1): 127. [nom. inval.]. ≡
Original name & rank:  Scopoli, I.A. 1777. Intr. Hist. Nat.: 451 ("Calichthys. Gronov."). [misprint (ECoF, 20 May 2025)]. ≡
Subsequent spelling: 

Attributes

Justified emendation (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2] Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 20 May 2025; 1 Jun 2025. [inferred]
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.: 20 May 2025 ("Appeared first without species").
Or Incorrect subsequent spelling in prevailing usage (orth. [null.] praeval.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.3.1] Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 20 May 2025 ("Art. 33.3.1").

Types

Type of: Callichthyidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1835 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 20 May 2025; 30 Nov 2012. [inferred]
Type of: Callichthyinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1835 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 20 May 2025; [<1 Jun 2025]. [inferred]
Type, by absolute tautonymy: Callichthys callichthys (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
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