Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			Gill, 1861, nom. praeocc., nom. cons.
Original name	:			Gill, 1861. Catalogue of the fishes of the eastern coast of North America, from Greenland to Georgia: 47.

Attributes

Junior homonym (nom. illeg.: nom. praeocc.) [ICZN]				Ref: H.D. Cameron & P.K. Tubbs, 1990. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 47 (4): 298 [P.K. Tubbs].
Correct [original] spelling [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)]				Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 2 May 2025.
Name placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6]				Ref: ICZN, 1992. Opinion 1673: 95 (Ruling (4)). [new]

Types

Type

:

Liparis (Genus) Scopoli, 1777

Ref: ICZN, 1992: 95.

Variants

Different rank	:	Liparinae (Subfamily) Gill, 1861
Former rank	:	Liparidinae (Subfamily) nom. van.		Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 34. [indirect]
Former rank	:	Liparinae (Subfamily) Gill, 1861		Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 34. [indirect]
Incorrect spelling	:	Liparididae (Family) nom. van.		Ref: ICZN, 1992: 95 [Ruling (1)]. [new] [indirect]
Current spelling	:	Liparididae (Family) nom. van.		Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 161. [indirect]
Former spelling	:	Liparididae (Family) nom. van.		Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 495.

Homonyms

Senior homonym

:

Liparidae (Family) Boisduval, 1834, nom. illeg.

Ref: H.D. Cameron & P.K. Tubbs, 1990: 297-298 [P.K. Tubbs]. [implicit]

Synonyms

Including	:	Careproctinae (Subfamily)		Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 339. [implicit]
Including	:	Nectoliparidinae (Subfamily)		Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 339. [implicit]
Including	:	Paraliparidinae (Subfamily)		Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 339. [implicit]
Including	:	Rhodichthyinae (Subfamily)		Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 339. [implicit]

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name

:

snailfishes

Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 495; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).