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Taxon: Genus Orycnus Gill, 1862, nom. illeg. (fish)
 Entity: 

Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  ([G.] Cuvier, 1817[1816]) T.[N.] Gill, 1863[1862], nom. van.
Original name:  Cuvier, [G.] 1817[1816]. Règne Anim. [ed. 1] 2: 314 ("Orcynus"). [sub Scomber].
Subsequent rank (orig. spell.):  Gill, T.[N.] 1863[1862]. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1862, for Mar 1862 [<27 May] 1862: 125 ("(Cuv.)", incl. key). ≡
Elaboration on authorship:  Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 6 Jul 2025.

Attributes

Unjustified emendation (nom. illeg.: nom. van.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.3] Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 11 Jun 2025; 6 Jul 2025. [inferred]
Substitute name (nom. subst.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 23.3.5, 60.2 (available synonym)] Ref: Gill, T.[N.] 1863[1862]. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1862, for Apr 1862: 238 ("(Cuvier,)", "may be substituted for Thynnus"). ≡
Possibly Substitute name (nom. subst.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.3 (unjustified emendation)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 6 Jul 2025 ("for Orcynus").
Emendation (nom. emend.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.1] Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 11 Jun 2025 ("Gill used the spelling Orycnus and the suffix orycnus in other genera"). [implicit]
Probably not Incorrect subsequent spelling (orth. inval.: orth. null.) [ICZN] Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 11 Jun 2025 ("it probably cannot be regarded as a misspelling").

Variants

Original spelling: Orcynus (Genus) Cuvier, 1816, nom. illeg. Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Accepted name (subjective): Thunnus (Genus) South, 1845 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 11 Jun 2025. [implicit]
Synonymous name (subjective): Thynnus (Genus) Cuvier, 1816, nom. illeg. Ref: Gill, T.[N.] 1863[1862]. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1862, for Apr 1862: 238.
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