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Monotypic taxon: Genus Heterotis Rüppell, 1829 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation Ehrenberg ex Rüppell, 1829
Original name, rank & spelling Rüppell, E. 1829. Beschreibung und Abbildung mehrerer neuer Fische, im Nil entdeckt: 10 (footnote *: "Heterotis niloticus des Herrn Dr. Ehrenberg"). [pro syn.].
Subsequent publication Ehrenberg, (1836). Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1834: 532 ("Heterotis nilotica").

Types

Type ofHeterotidinae (Subfamily) Nelson, 1968
Type ofHeterotinae (Subfamily) Cope, 1871
TypeHeterotis niloticus (Cuvier, 1829)

Vernacular Names (Latin)

StemHeterotid- Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980: 170, 176.
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