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IRMNG name details

Leptocephalus Scopoli, 1777

1464688  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1464688)

 unaccepted > unavailable name (suppressed for purposes of priority but not homonymy (Opinion 93))
Genus
marine, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Leptocephalus Scopoli placed on Official Index (Direction 87), suppressed for purposes of priority but not homonymy...  
Taxonomic remark Leptocephalus Scopoli placed on Official Index (Direction 87), suppressed for purposes of priority but not homonymy (Opinion 93). Leptocephalus Cuvier 1797 placed on Official Index (Opinion 87) as a junior homonym; Leptocephalus of Gmelin in Linnaeus 1789 and Gronovius 1763 also placed on Official Index (Direction 87). (refer Eschmeyer). Name is still in use as a catch-all genus for some unidentified anguilliform larvae. (refer Eschmeyer).  [details]
IRMNG (2024). Leptocephalus Scopoli, 1777. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1464688 on 2024-03-29
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2012-06-25 22:00:00Z
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basis of record Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

source of synonymy Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

name verified source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

extant flag source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

habitat flag source as per family [details]   
From other sources
Subfamily Congrinae [details]

Taxonomic remark Leptocephalus Scopoli placed on Official Index (Direction 87), suppressed for purposes of priority but not homonymy (Opinion 93). Leptocephalus Cuvier 1797 placed on Official Index (Opinion 87) as a junior homonym; Leptocephalus of Gmelin in Linnaeus 1789 and Gronovius 1763 also placed on Official Index (Direction 87). (refer Eschmeyer). Name is still in use as a catch-all genus for some unidentified anguilliform larvae. (refer Eschmeyer).  [details]

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