Abstract
The genus Enneanectes was established by Jordan and Evermann (in Jordan 1895), based on a specimen that was incorrectly identified as Tripterygium carminale Jordan and Gilbert, 1882. Brock (1940) selected Jordan and Evermann’s specimen as the neotype of Tripterygium carminale, thus transferring the name to another species. Subsequent authors have confused the issue further, at various times treating either of two biological species as the type species. We invoke provisions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature to recognize Brock’s neotype designation and thus preserve prevailing usage of the genera Enneanectes and Axoclinus.References
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