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Taxon: Family Pristigasteridae Bleeker, 1872, "nom. praeval." - longfin herrings (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (Bleeker, 1872), "nom. praeval."
Original name Bleeker, 1870-1875[1872]: 116. ["phalanx"[~tribe] "Pristigastrini"].
Subsequent rank

Attributes

Name in prevailing usage ("nom. praeval.") [cf. ICZN, 1999: Arts. 23.9, 35.5 (fam.)] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 36 ("Name and spelling in prevailing recent practice").
Spelling in prevailing usage (: [orth. praeval.]) Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 36 ("Name and spelling in prevailing recent practice").

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Pristigasterinae (Subfamily) Bleeker, 1872, "nom. praeval." Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 130. [implicit]
TypePristigaster (Genus) Cuvier, 1816 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025; 30 Oct 2012. [inferred]

Variants

Current spellingPristigastridae (Family) Bleeker, 1872 Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 135. [indirect]
Former spellingPristigastridae (Family) Bleeker, 1872 Ref: R. van der Laan et al., 2014: 36. [implicit]

Synonyms

InClupeidae (Family) Cuvier, 1816 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namelongfin herrings Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 166; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
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