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Cybium,
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On the species of the genus Balistes described by Johann Julius Walbaum (1792) Paolo PARENTI (1) (1) Department
of Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della
Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, ITALY. Abstract.
- The status of six nominal species placed in the genus Balistes
by Johann J. Walbaum (1792) is reported. Balistes longirostris
and B. meulenii are shown to be senior synonyms of Oxymonacanthus
longirostris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) and Cantherines fronticinctus
(Günther, 1867), respectively. Conditions exist, however, that allow
prevailing usage of the latter names, as provided by Article
23.9.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Balistes
auwawa, B. barbatus and B. talpa are shown to be junior synonyms
of Aluterus monoceros (Linnaeus, 1758), whereas B. capriscus
is a junior homonym of B. capriscus Gmelin, 1789 and therefore
objectively invalid. |
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