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Monotypic taxon:
Family
Cranoglanididae
Myers, 1931
- armorhead catfishes
(fish)
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Entity:
Ictaluroidea (Superfamily)
..†Astephidae (Family)
..Ictaluridae (Family) - North American freshwater catfishes
..Cranoglanididae (Family) - armorhead catfishes
....Cranoglanis (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
G.S. Myers, 1931
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Myers, G.S. 1931.
Lingnan Sci. J.
10
(2-3)
: 261 ("Cranoglanididæ, new family", "Cranoglanididæ Myers, provisional new family").
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Attributes
Correct [original] spelling [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)]
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present.
Syst. Nat. 2000
: 7 Jun 2024.
Types
Type
:
Cranoglanis
(Genus)
Peters, 1881
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; [<9 Jun 2025].
[implicit]
Variants
Incorrect spelling
:
Craniglanidae
(Family)
Carroll, 1988, nom. null.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011
: 29.
[inferred]
Incorrect spelling
:
Cranoglanidae
(Family)
"Myers, 1931", orth. inval.
Ref:
R. van der Laan, 2018
: 67.
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
armorhead catfishes
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 235; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
:
armorhead catfishes
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2460.
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21 Sep 2025