Mastacembelus simack, the valid name of the Mesopotamian spiny eel (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae)
Author
Kottelat, Maurice
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-07-08
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journal article
93670
10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.9
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Rhynchobdella haleppensis
Rhynchobdella haleppensis
Bloch
, in
Schneider, 1801: 480
is based on
Gronovius (1763: 132
[n. 402], pl. 8a fig. 1), which itself includes reference to
Russell (1756)
. I designate here the specimen model of plate 12 figure
2 in
A.
Russell (1756)
as
lectotype
and this makes
R. haleppensis
a junior objective synonym of
O. simack
.
Mastacembelus
aleppensis
of
Günther (1861: 541)
is an unjustified emendation of
Rhynchobdella haleppensis
Bloch
, in
Schneider, 1801
.