The Taxonomicon
Home
Site map | Contact
Under construction
Taxon: Family Stomiidae Bleeker, 1859, nom. praeval. - dragonfishes (fish)
 Entity: 

Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Bleeker, 1859) Rosen, 1973, nom. praeval., orth. corr.
Original name:  Bleeker, 1859: XXXII. [subfamily "Stomiaeformes"].
Subsequent rank:  Rosen, 1973. [assumed]
Subsequent spelling:  Steyskal, G.C. 1980. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 93 (1): 172.

Attributes

Justified emendation (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2] Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 93 (1): 172 ("should be"). [new]
Junior subjective synonym in prevailing usage (nom. praeval.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 35.5 (fam.: subfam.)] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 61 ("Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5").

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Stomiinae (Subfamily) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (4 Feb 2025). [inferred]
Type: Stomias (Genus) Schinz, 1822 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 11 Jun 2025; 9 Jun 2012. [inferred]

Variants

Original spelling: Stomiatidae (Family) Rosen, 1973, orth. inval. Ref: Fink & Weitzman, 1982: 32.
Incorrect spelling: Stomiatidae (Family) Rosen, 1973, orth. inval. Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980: 172.
Current spelling: Stomiatidae (Family) Rosen, 1973, orth. inval. Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 144. [indirect]

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: dragonfishes Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (4 Feb 2025).
: barbeled dragonfishes Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 261; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
©2004-2025 Universal Taxonomic Services
Last updated: 21 Sep 2025