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Taxon: Order Siluriformes Rafinesque, 1810 - catfishes (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation C.S. Rafinesque Schmaltz, 1810
Original name Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice d'Ittiol. Sicil.: 35.
Original rank loc. cit.
Subsequent spelling Hay, 1929. [assumed]

Types

TypeSilurus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Variants

Different rankSiluroidei (Suborder) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 877.
Former rankSiluroidea (Suborder) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 162. [indirect]

Synonyms

Synonymous nameNematognathi (Order) Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 606.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

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

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namecatfishes Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 162.
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