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Taxon: Family Exocoetidae Risso, 1827 - flyingfishes (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Risso, 1827, orth. corr.
Unavailable original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 35 ("Ordine. Gli Esocetini."). [family, nom. vernac.; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]. ≡
Original name & rank:  Risso, 1827: 111. [family "Les Exocéides", nom. vernac.].
Latinized name:  Bonaparte, 1831: 160, 180. [subfamily "Exocetini"].
Subsequent spelling: 
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 77 ("Risso 1827").

Attributes

Justified emendation (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 77 ("stem corrected to Exocoet-").
Available family-group name, later latinized [ICZN, 1999: Art. 11.7.2 (<1900)] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 77 ("Article 11.7.2").

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Exocoetinae (Subfamily) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 279. [inferred]
Type: Exocoetus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 279; [<4 Feb 2024]. [inferred]

Synonyms

Including: Hemiramphidae (Family) Gill, 1859 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 607.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: vliegende vissen s.s. Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: flyingfishes Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 365; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
: flyingfishes Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2470.
: flying fishes and halfbeaks Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 685.
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