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Taxon: Family Istiophoridae Rafinesque, 1815 - billfishes and marlins (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (C.S. Rafinesque, 1815)
Unavailable original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810a. Caratt. Alc. Nuov. Gen. Spec. Anim. Pianti Sicilia: 54 ("ordine ... Istioforidi"). [family, nom. vernac.; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]. ≡
Unavailable original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 30 ("Ordine. Gli Istioforidi."). [family, nom. vernac.]. ≡
Original name:  Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse: 86 ("S. F. Istiophoria."). ≡
Subsequent rank: 
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 127 ("Rafinesque 1815").

Types

Type: Istiophorus (Genus) Lacepède, 1801 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 434; [<28 Feb 2024]. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: zeilvissen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: billfishes and marlins Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2491; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
: billfishes Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 389.
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