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Monotypic taxon: Genus Monotretus Troschel, 1856 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  G. Bibron, in Duméril, 1855 ex F.H. Troschel, 1856
Original name & rank:  Bibron, G. 1855. In A. Duméril, Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (2) 7: 281 ("G. Monotrète, Bib."). [orth. imperf.].
Subsequent spelling:  Troschel, 1856. Arch. Naturgesch. 22 (2): 88.

Types

Type: Monotretus turgidus Kottelat, 2000

Variants

Subsequent spelling: Monotreta (Genus) Hollard, 1857 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Questionably Correct spelling: Monotrete (Genus) Bibron, 1855 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 6 Feb 2024 ("tentatively") (Kottelat, 2001: 608).

Synonyms

In: Leiodon (Genus) Swainson, 1839 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 6 Feb 2024.
Possibly In: Tetraodon (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 457.
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