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Nomenclatural status of Brachirus Swainson, Synaptura Cantor and Euryglossa Kaup (Soleidae, Pleuronectiformes)

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We find that Brachirus Swainson, 1839 is a valid soleid (Pleuronectiformes) genus name, Euryglossa Kaup, 1858 is an invalid soleid genus name, and Synaptura Cantor, 1849 is a junior objective synonym of Brachirus. However, for the sake of taxonomic stability and because Synaptura Cantor, 1849 has had a long-term consistent usage within the Soleidae for four species (S. commersoni, S. lusitanica, S. marginata, and S. albomaculata) forming a monophyletic group, we will petition the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to recognize Synaptura Cantor, 1849 as a valid genus name with its type-species being Pleuronectes commersoni Lacepède, 1802.

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  1. Laboratoire d'Ichtyologie générale et appliquée, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 43 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France (e-mail: desoutte@cimrs1.mnhn.fr), , , , , , FR

    Martine Desoutter

  2. National Marine Fisheries Service Systematics Laboratory, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560-0153, USA (e-mail: munroe.thomas@nmnh.si.edu), , , , , , US

    Thomas A. Munroe

  3. Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, P.O. Box 450, Station A, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada (e-mail: chapleau@science.uottawa.ca), , , , , , CA

    François Chapleau

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Received: September 19, 1999 / Revised: November 2, 2000 / Accepted: February 20, 2001

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Desoutter, M., Munroe, T. & Chapleau, F. Nomenclatural status of Brachirus Swainson, Synaptura Cantor and Euryglossa Kaup (Soleidae, Pleuronectiformes). Ichthyol Res 48, 325–327 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-001-8154-1

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