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Monotypic taxon: Genus Helostoma Cuvier, 1829 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Kuhl ex [G.] Cuvier, 1829
Original name, rank & spelling:  Cuvier, [G.] 1829. Règne Anim. (ed. 2) 2: 227 ("Les Hélostomes, Kuhl."), 228 (footnote 1: "Helostoma Temminkii, N."). ≡

Types

Type of: Helostomatidae (Family) Gill, 1872 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 438. [implicit]
Type: Helostoma temminckii Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 438. [implicit]
Type, by monotypy: Helostoma temmincki Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831

Variants

Different spelling: Helastoma (Genus)
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