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Issue: Vol. 1687 No. 1: 23 Jan. 2008
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2008-01-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1687.1.5
Page range: 67–68
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 2

On the validity of Fenerbahce Ozdikmen et al., 2006 as replacement for Adamas Huber, 1979 (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae)

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Department of Vertebrates, Adenauerallee 160, D–53113 Bonn, Germany
Royal Museum for Central Africa, Vertebrate Section, Ichthyology, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium
Fish Cyprinodontiformes Nothobranchiidae

Abstract

Recently, Fenerbahce Özdikmen et al., 2006 was proposed as a replacement name for the nothobranchiid genus Adamas Huber, 1979, which was found preoccupied by Adamas Malaise, 1945 (Hymenoptera:Tenthredinidae; Özdikmen et al. 2006). Subsequently, Huber (2007) published another replacement name, Adamans Huber, 2007, for the same genus because he challenged the availability of Fenerbahce. As currently none of the new proposed replacement names is widely used in the literature except in two publications (Huber 2007, Özdikmen et al. 2006) and in the online version of Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (1998), it might be advisable to clarify this topic before confusion can arise.

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