same year, same rank, same code homonym

Richard Pyle deepreef at BISHOPMUSEUM.ORG
Fri May 13 07:40:19 CDT 2005


Hi Roger,

> I am looking for an example of a 'same year, same rank, same code
> homonym'.

Here's what I pulled quickly from the Catalog of Fishes database for genera:

Genus           Year    Author
======================================================
Anodus  1829    Cuvier
Anodus  1829    Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz
Antennarius     1816    Cuvier (ex Commerson)
Antennarius     1816    Daudin
Aulopus 1816    Cuvier
Aulopus 1816    Cloquet (ex Cuvier)
Brosmus 1828    Stark
Brosmus 1828    Fleming
Cataphractus    1771    Edwards in Catesby
Cataphractus    1771    Catesby
Centronotus     1801    Lacepède
Centronotus     1801    Bloch & Schneider
Conger  1817    Oken (ex Cuvier)
Conger  1817    Bosc (ex Cuvier)
Cynodon 1829    Cuvier
Cynodon 1829    Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz
Hypophthalmus   1829    Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz
Hypophthalmus   1829    Cuvier
Leiurus 1839    Swainson
Leiurus 1839    Swainson
Lucioperca      1822    Fleming
Lucioperca      1822    Schinz
Minutus 1926    de Buen
Minutus 1926    de Buen
Osteoglossum    1829    Cuvier (ex Vandelli)
Osteoglossum    1829    Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz
Ovoides 1798    Anonymous
Ovoides 1798    Lacepède
Pacu    1829    Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz
Pacu    1829    Cuvier
Sorubim 1829    Cuvier
Sorubim 1829    Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz
Steindachneria  1888    Eigenmann & Eigenmann
Steindachneria  1888    Goode & Bean in Agassiz
Verater 1919    Jordan
Verater 1919    Jordan
Whitleyia       1930    Chabanaud
Whitleyia       1930    Fowler & Bean

And here's what I found in species:

Species                 Year    Authors
=======================================================================
Agonomalus jordani      1904    Schmidt
Agonomalus jordani      1904    Jordan & Starks
Aphyocypris pooni       1939    Lin in Herre
Aphyocypris pooni       1939    Lin
Balistes barffi 1938    Curtiss
Balistes barffi 1938    Curtiss
Barbus fasciolatus      1868    Günther
Barbus fasciolatus      1868    Günther
Barbus macropristis meruensis   1907    Lönnberg
Barbus macropristis meruensis   1907    Lönnberg
Callorhynchus antarcticus       1822    Fleming
Callorhynchus antarcticus       1822    Schinz
Caranx puapok   1857    Montrouzier
Caranx puapok   1857    Montrouzier
Chaetodon superbus      1831    Lesson (ex Broussonet)
Chaetodon superbus      1831    Broussonet in Cuvier & Valenciennes
Chaetodon triangulum    1831    Cuvier (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier &
Valenciennes
Chaetodon triangulum    1831    Reinwardt in Cuvier & Valenciennes
Chanodichthys wui       1932    Lin
Chanodichthys wui       1932    Rendahl
Chimaera mitsukurii     1904    Dean
Chimaera mitsukurii     1904    Jordan & Snyder (ex Dean)
Chondrostoma nasus macrolepidotus       1884    Veesenmayer
Chondrostoma nasus macrolepidotus       1884    Krauss in Veesenmayer
Coregonus lavaretus imandrae knipowitschi       1933    Krogius
Coregonus lavaretus imandrae knipowitschi       1933    Berg (ex Krogius)
Coregonus lavaretus imandrae pelagicus  1933    Krogius
Coregonus lavaretus imandrae pelagicus  1933    Berg (ex Krogius)
Cottus grunniens        1758    Linnaeus
Cottus grunniens        1758    Linnaeus
Cyprinus moles  1842    Valenciennes (ex Agassiz) in Cuvier & Valenciennes
Cyprinus moles  1842    Selys-Longchamps
Diagramma cinerascens   1830    Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes
Diagramma cinerascens   1830    Rüppell
Diagramma punctatum     1830    Cuvier (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes
Diagramma punctatum     1830    Rüppell
Gobius macrolepis       1891    Kolombatovic
Gobius macrolepis       1891    Scharff
Haplochilus calliurus australis 1921    Rachow in Stansch
Haplochilus calliurus australis 1921    Rachow
Labrus bimaculatus      1758    Linnaeus
Labrus bimaculatus      1758    Linnaeus
Labrus fasciatus        1792    Bloch
Labrus fasciatus        1792    Walbaum
Laemonema robustum      1862    Johnson
Laemonema robustum      1862    Günther
Leporinus gomesi        1990    Garavello & Santos
Leporinus gomesi        1990    Garavello & Santos in Garavello
Leptocephalus hjorti    1913    Weber
Leptocephalus hjorti    1913    Blegvad
Leuciscus duvaucelii    1844    Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes
Leuciscus duvaucelii    1844    Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes
Lophius laevis  1804    Lacepède
Lophius laevis  1804    Latreille
Mugil smithii   1861    Castelnau
Mugil smithii   1861    Günther
Pleuronectes maculosus  1854    Girard
Pleuronectes maculosus  1854    Gronow in Gray
Rataboura hardwickii    1831    Gray
Rataboura hardwickii    1831    Gray
Sciaena gadoides        1843    Solander in Gray & Richardson in Richardson
Sciaena gadoides        1843    Richardson & Gray (ex Solander)
Scomberoides formosanus 1924    Wakiya
Scomberoides formosanus 1924    Oshima
Sebastes fasciatus      1854    Storer
Sebastes fasciatus      1854    Girard
Seriola gigas   1860    Günther
Seriola gigas   1860    Poey
Sinilabeo zhui  1989    Zheng & Chen
Sinilabeo zhui  1989    Zheng & Chen in Zheng et al.
Sparus brunnichii       1803    Shaw
Sparus brunnichii       1803    Shaw
Sparus niger    1802    Turton
Sparus niger    1802    Lacepède
Squalus littoralis      1818    Lesueur
Squalus littoralis      1818    Mitchill
Sudis niloticus 1829    Cuvier (ex Ehrenberg)
Sudis niloticus 1829    Rüppell
Tetragonopterus lineatus        1891    Perugia
Tetragonopterus lineatus        1891    Steindachner
Tetrodon stellatus      1804    Donovan
Tetrodon stellatus      1804    Shaw
Thymallus vexillifer    1832    Perty
Thymallus vexillifer    1832    Fitzinger (ex Agassiz)
Toxotes microlepis      1860    Blyth
Toxotes microlepis      1860    Günther

I haven't scrutinized these to be sure they're all "real", but I know some
are, and suspect most are.

The species list only includes primary homonyms (both names identical for
original genus placement).  I'm sure there will be more secondary homonyms
for species (Described the same year in different genera, with one of them
subsequently combined into the original genus of the other).

Aloha,
Rich




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