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Taxon: Genus Siganus Fabricius, 1775 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation P. Forskål ex Fabricius, in Niebuhr, 1775
Original name, rank & spelling Forskål, P. 1775. Descr. Anim.: X ("nov. genus"); [II], 25.
Source for the authorship Fricke, R. 2008. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A (N.S.) 1: 54 ("Fabricius [ex Forsskål] in Niebuhr, 1775").

Types

Type ofSiganidae (Family) Richardson, 1837 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 427. [implicit]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Siganus (Subgenus) Fabricius, 1775 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 427. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous nameTeuthis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1766 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 427.
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