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Taxon: Genus Aplocheilus McClelland, 1838, nom. protect. (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (J. McClelland, 1838), gen. caelebs, nom. protect.
Original name & spelling:  McClelland, J. 1838. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 7 (pt. 2, no. 83), Nov [late] 1838: 944 ("Sub-gen. ... J. M."). ≡
Original inclusion of species:  M'Clelland, J. 1839. Asiat. Researches 19 (2): 301 ("Sub-Gen. ..., J. M."); 261 ("Sub-gen.", "Aplochelus McClell."). ≡
Subsequent rank: 

Attributes

Available genus-group name without included nominal species (gen. caelebs) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 12, 67.2.2 (<1931)] Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 8 Jul 2025 ("First appeared without species").
Protected name (nom. protect.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 23.9.2] Ref: M. Kottelat, 2013. Raffles Bull. Zool. (Suppl. No. 27): 299 ("here declared a nomen protectum under Code art. 23.9.2"). [new]

Types

Type of: Aplocheilidae (Family) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 284; 4 Feb 2024. [inferred]
Type of: Aplocheiloidei (Suborder) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 284; 4 Feb 2024. [inferred]

Variants

Different spelling: Aplochelus (Genus) McClelland, 1839 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
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