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Taxon: Family Notacanthidae Rafinesque, 1810 - deepsea spiny eels (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C.S. Rafinesque Schmaltz, 1810, orth. corr.
Original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 34 ("Ordine. I Notacantini."). [family, nom. vernac.]. ≡
Latinized name:  Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse: 89 ("S. F. Notacanthia."). ≡
Subsequent spelling: 
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 30 ("Rafinesque 1810").

Attributes

Justified emendation (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 18 Jun 2024.
Available family-group name, later latinized [ICZN, 1999: Art. 11.7.2 (<1900)] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 30 ("Article 11.7.2").

Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Notacanthiformes (Order) Goodrich, 1909
Type: Notacanthus (Genus) Bloch, 1788 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025; [<13 May 2025]. [inferred]

Variants

Different rank: Notacanthoidei (Suborder)

Synonyms

Including: Lipogenyidae (Family) Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: rugstekelalen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: deepsea spiny eels Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (4 Feb 2025).
: deep-sea spiny eels Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 138.
: spiny eels Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2452.
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