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Genus Callorhinchus Lacépède, 1798

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Genus Callorhinchus Lacépède, 1798

  • Callorhinchus Lacépède, B.G. 1798. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 1 532 pp. 25 pls. [400] [Whitley's recognition of Callorhynchus Meuschen, 1781 as the first valid use of the name (Gronow's work being invalid due to lack of binomial nomenclature) is unacceptable; Meuschen's 1781 Index rejected by International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1954. Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 261. London : International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature Vol. 5, Pt 22, pp. 281–296 1 facsimile].
    Type species:
     Chimaera callorynchus Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
16-Apr-2012 16-Apr-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)