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Monotypic taxon: Family Cyematidae Regan, 1912 - bobtail eels (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Regan, 1912, nom. corr.
Original name:  Regan, 1912: 380, 384.
Original rank:  l.c.
Subsequent spelling:  Steyskal, G.C. 1980. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 93 (1): 173.

Attributes

Justified emendation (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2] Ref: van der Laan, 2014: 35 (confirmed by Smith, 1989: 630 and by Nelson, 2006: 124). [implicit]
Emendation (nom. emend.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.1] Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 93 (1): 173. [new]

Types

Type: Cyema (Genus) Günther, 1878 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025. [implicit]

Variants

Incorrect spelling: Cyemidae (Family) Regan, 1912 Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980: 173.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: bobtail eels Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2454; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
: bobtail snipe eels Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 149.
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