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Taxon: Genus Thynnus Cuvier, 1816, nom. illeg. (fish) [unverified]
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation ([G.] Cuvier, 1817[1816]), nom. praeocc.
Original name & spelling Cuvier, [G.] 1817[1816]. Règne Anim. [ed. 1] 2: 313; xj ("Thons. C."). (sub [genus] "Scomber. L.").
Subsequent rank

Attributes

Junior homonym (nom. illeg.: nom. praeocc.) [ICZN] Ref: R.V. Melville & J.D.D. Smith (eds.), 1987. Offic. Lists & Indexes Zool.: 178 ("junior homonym of ... Fabricius, 1775").
Name placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.7] Ref: R.V. Melville & J.D.D. Smith (eds.), 1987. Offic. Lists & Indexes Zool.: 178 (Opinion 809).

Variants

Subsequent spellingThunnus (Genus) South, 1845 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Accepted name (objective)Thunnus (Genus) South, 1845 Ref: PBDB: 5 May 2017; ECoF(11 Jun 2025).
Accepted name (subjective)Orycnus (Genus) Gill, 1862, nom. illeg. Ref: Gill, T.[N.] 1863[1862]. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1862, for Apr 1862: 238.
Replacement nameAlbacora (Genus) Jordan, 1888, nom. illeg. Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Replacement nameThunnus (Genus) South, 1845 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 11 Jun 2025.
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