92 BuUeiin of Zoological Nomenclature OPINION 569 USE OF THE PLENARY POWERS TO SET ASIDE FIRST REVISER SELECTIONS IHADE FOR THE GENERIC NAME SELENE LACEPEDE, 1803, AND FOR THE SPECIFIC NAMES ROSTRATA LESUEUR, 1817 {MURAENA) ; LATIPINNA LESUEUR, 1821 (M0LLIENE8IA) ; AND FUSCUS STORER, 1839 ((SYNGNATHUS) (CLASS PISCES) RULING. — (1) The following action is hereby taken under the plenary-powers : — (a) AU selections made by First Revisers as to the relative precedence of the names specified in Col. 1 and Col. 2 respectively are hereby set aside, the names comprised in each of the pairs concerned being pubhshed in the same work and on the same day and being currently regarded by zoologists as applicable to the same taxon : — Col. 1 Col. 2 (i) Selene Lacepede, 1803 Argyreiosus Lacepede, 1803 (ii) rostrata Lesueur, 1817, as pub-bostoniensis Lesueur, 1817, as Ushed in the binomen Muraena pubhshed in the binomen rostrata Muraena bostoniensis (iii) latipinna Lesueur, 1821, as pub-multilineata Lesueur, 1821, as Ushed in the binomen Mollien-pubhshed in the binomen Poecilia esia latipinna multilineata (iv) juscus Storer, 1839, as pubhshed peckianus Storer, 1839, as pub-in the hinomen Syngnathus fuscu^ hshed in the binomen Syngnathus peckianus (b) It is directed that in the case of the names comprised in each of the pairs of names specified in (a) above the name specified in Col. 1 is to be accorded precedence over the name specified m Col. 2. (2) The under-mentioned generic name is hereby placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology with the Name No. 1372 : Selene Lacepede, 1803, by direction under the plenary powers in (l)(b) above, a name to be given precedence over the name Argyreiosus Lacepede, 1803 (gender : feminine) (type-species, by subsequent designa-tion by Jordan & Gilbert (1883) : Selene argentea Lacepede, 1803). (3) The under-mentioned specific names are hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology with the Name Numbers specified : — (a) rostrata Lesueur, 1817, as pubhshed in the binomen Muraena rostrata, a name to be given precedence over the name bostoniensis Lesueur, 1817, as pubhshed in the binomen Muraena bostoniensis, under the Ruhng given under the plenary powers in (l)(b) above (Name No. 1668) ; (b) latipinna Lesueur, 1821, as pubhshed in the binomen Mollienesia latipinna, a name to be given precedence over the name multilineata, Bull. zool. Nomencl., Vol. 17, pts. 3-5. December 1959.
Opinion 569. Use of the plenary powers to set aside first reviser selections made for the generic name Selene Lacépède, 1803, and for the specific names rostrata Lesueur, 1817 (Muraena); Latipinna lesueur, 1821 (Mollienesia); and fuscus Storer, 1839 ((Syngnathus) (class Pisces)
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