Revision of the Bahamian cavefishes of the genus Lucifuga (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae), with description of a new species from islands on the Little Bahama Bank
Author
Møller, Peter R.
Author
Schwarzhans, Werner
Author
Iliffe, Thomas M.
Author
Nielsen, Jørgen G.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1223
23
46
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.172611
804af3eb-b4f0-439c-a233-5b4992dacb1c
11755326
172611
Lucifuga
Lucifuga
Poey, 1858: 95
(
type
species:
Lucifuga subterraneus
Poey, 1858
by subsequent designation of
Jordan
and Evermann (1896)
,
type
locality: Caves of San Antonio, South
Cuba
.
Stygicola
Gill, 1863
: 252
(
type
species:
Lucifuga dentatus
(Poey, 1858)
by original designation,
type
locality: Cave of Cajio,
Cuba
).
Remarks
. Poey (1858) described
Lucifuga subterraneus
and
Lucifuga dentata
after the generic description in the same volume, without
type
species designation. The designation of a
type
species was done subsequently by
Jordan
and Evermann (1896)
as stated in
Cohen and McCosker (1998)
and
Nielsen
et al
. (1999)
, and not by monotopy as stated in
Eschmeyer (1998)
and
Nielsen (2003)
.