Opinion 1673 Liparidae Gill, 1861 (Osteichthyes, Scorpaeniformes): spelling confirmed

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OPINION 1673
LiPARiDAE Gill, 1861 (Osteichthyes,Scorpaeniformes): spelling
confirmed
Ruling
(1 It ishereby ruled that forthepurposesofArticle29oftheCodethestemofthe
genericnameLiparisScopoli, 1777,islipar-.
(2) The name Liparis Scopoli, 1777 (gender: feminine), type species by absolute
tautonymy Cyclopterusliparis Linnaeus, 1766, isherebyplacedon theOfficial Listof
GenericNamesinZoology.
(3) ThenameliparisLinnaeus, 1766,aspublishedinthebinomenCyclopterusliparis
(specific name ofthe type species ofLiparis Scopoli. 1777) is hereby placed on the
Official ListofSpecificNamesinZoology.
(4) ThenameliparidaeGill, 1861 (typegenusLiparisScopoh, 1777),spellingcon-
firmed in (1) above, is hereby placed on the Official List ofFamily-Group Names in
Zoology.
HistoryofCase2440
An application for the confirmation of the spelling of liparidae Gill, 1861 was
received from Dr Kenneth D. Vogt {Anchorage Alaska, U.S.A.) on 25 April 1983.
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Aftercorrespondencethecasewaspublishedin BZN45: 130-131 (June 1988). Notice
of the case was sent to appropriate journals. A comment from Prof L.B. Holthuis
(NationaalNatuurhistorischMuseum,Leiden, TheNetherlands)waspublishedinBZN
45: 292 (December 1988), together with a comment in support from Mr Alwyne
Wheeler {The NaturalHistory Museum, London, U.K.). A comment in support from
Prof E. Mayr {Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, U.S.A.)waspublishedinBZN46:45(March 1989).Acommentonthe
etymology ofLiparis from ProfH.D. Cameron {University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, U.S.A.) was published in BZN 47: 296-297 (December 1990). Comments
from Drs B.A. Korotyaev & E.P. Nartshuk {Zoological Institute, St Petersburg,
Russia)andDrH Silfverberg{ZoologicalMuseum,Helsinki,Finland)werereportedby
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Dr P.K. Tubbs {Executive Secretary, ICZN) in BZN 47: 297-298 (December 1990).
Useoftheplenarypowerswasnotspecificallyrequestedinthiscase(BZN45: 131)and
ProfCameron(BZN47: 297)statedthatthecorrectspellingofthefamily-groupname
was liparidae. The Commission was asked to confirm formally this spelHng and to
agreetoplacethenameontheOfficial List.
DecisionoftheCommission
On 1 September 1991 the members ofthe Commission were invited to vote on the
proposalspublished in BZN45: 131. Atthecloseofthevotingperiod on 1 December
1991 thevoteswerea—sfollows:
Affirmative votes 25: Bayer, Bock. Cocks, Corliss, Dupuis, Hahn, Halvorsen,
Heppell,Holthuis,Kabata,Kraus,Macpherson,Mahnert, MartinsdeSouza,Minelli,
Nielsen, Nye. Ride, Savage, Schuster. Starobogatov, Thompson, Trjapitzin, Ueno,
Willink
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Negativevotes 1: Lehtinen.
NovotewasreceivedfromCogger.
Originalreferences
The followingaretheoriginalreferencesto the namesplaced onOfficial ListsbytheruHng
giveninthepresentOpinion;
LiparisScopoli, 1777,J.A.Scopoli...IntroductioadHistoriamnaturalem,sistensgeneraLapidum,
PlantarumetAnimalium...,p.453.
liparis,Cyclopterus,Linnaeus, 1766,SystemaNaturae,Ed. 12,vol. 1(1)p.414.
LIPARIDAEGill,1861,CatalogueofthefishesoftheeasterncoastofNorthAmerica,fromGreenland
toGeorgia,p.47.
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