Family GEOTRIIDAE Gill 1893 (Southern or Pouched Lampreys)
Revised 18 Nov. 2025 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Geotria Gray 1851 etymology not explained nor evident; see essay at PDF link above Geotria australis Gray …
Family PLATYRHINIDAE Jordan 1923 (Thornbacks or Fanrays)
Revised 23 Nov. 2025 PDF version (illustrated) Platyrhina Müller & Henle 1838 etymology not explained, possibly platýs (πλατύς), wide or flat, referring to broad, rounded snout and/or …
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 5): Family SCIAENIDAE - The …
COMMENTS v. 6.0 – 27 Nov. 2025 view/download PDF Family SCIAENIDAE Drums or Croakers 72 genera/subgenera · 299 species Aplodinotus Rafinesque 1819 etymology not explained, …
Family SQUALIDAE Blainville 1816 (Dogfish Sharks)
Revised 23 Nov. 2025 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Cirrhigaleus Tanaka 1912 cirrus (L.), tuft of hair or fringe, referring to moustache-like nasal barbels on C. …
Order GOBIIFORMES: Families TRICHONOTIDAE, …
COMMENTS v. 22.0 – 21 Jan. 2025 view/download PDF Family TRICHONOTIDAE Sanddivers 1 genus · 10 species Trichonotus Bloch & Schneider 1801 trichos, hair or ray; notus, back, …
Family PSEUDOCARCHARIIDAE Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker …
Revised 18 Dec. 2025 PDF version (illustrated) Pseudocarcharias Cadenat 1963 pseudo-, from pseúdēs (ψεύδης), false, proposed as a subgenus of Carcharias (Carchariidae) …
Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE …
COMMENTS v. 13.0 – 7 Sept. 2025 view/download PDF Family TRIPTERYGIIDAE Triplefin Blennies 29 genera · 191 species Subfamily NOTOCLININAE Brachynectes Scott 1957 …
Family NEMATOGENYIDAE Bleeker 1862 (Mountain Catfishes)
Revised 8 Nov. 2025 PDF version (illustrated and with additional information) Nematogenys Girard 1855 nḗmatos (νήματος), threaded; génys (γένυς), jaw (usually the cheek or lower jaw …
Rafinesque 1810 heptá (Gr. ἑπτά), seven; ranchias, etymology unclear, possibly a variant spelling of ánchō (Gr. ἄγχω), choke or throttle, possibly with the addition of -ias, borrowed from …
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