Bulk tin of Zoological Nomencla tare 81 OPINION 1153 GALAXIAS PLA TEI STEINDACHNER, 1 898, GIVEN NOMENCLATURAL PRECEDENCE OVER GALAXIAS Dt:LFINI?\\\U??\, 1895, (PISCES) BY THE USE OF THE PLENARY POWERS RULING -(1) Under the plenary powers it is hereby ruled that the specific name platei Steindachner, 1898, as published in the binomen Galaxias platei, is to be given nomenclatural prece-dence over the specific name delfini Philippi, as published in the binomen Galaxias delfini. (1) The specific name platei Steindachner, 1898, as pub-lished in the binomen Galaxias platei, is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology with the Name Number 2706, and with the endorsement that it is to be used in preference to the specific name delfini Philippi, 1895, as pubhshed in the binomen Galaxias delfini, whenever the two names are regarded as synonyms. (3) The specific name delfini Philippi, 1895, as pubhshed in the binomen Galaxias delfini, is hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology with the Name Number 2707, and with an endorsement that it is not to be given priority over the specific name platei Steindachner, 1898, as published in the binomen Galaxias platei, whenever the two names are regarded as synonyms. HISTORY OF THE CASE Z.N.(S.) 1877 An appUcation for the conservation of Galaxias platei Steindachner, 1898, by the rejection of its unused senior synonym G. delfini Philippi, 1895, was first received from Dr R.M. McDowall (Fisheries Research Division, Wellington, New Zealand) on 22 January 1969. Dr McDowall supposed that the senior name could be automatically rejected under the provisions of Article 23b (of the 1961 Code); but as the application of that provision was obscure, and as it was then being examined by a committee of the Commission under Professor Ernst Mayr, publication of the appli-cation was deferred. A revised application asking for the suppression of G. delfini by the use of the plenary powers was eventually sent to the printer on 2 April 1973 and published on Bull. zuol. Norn., vol. 37, part 2, June 1980
OPINION 1153 GALAXIAS PLA TEI STEINDACHNER, 1 898, GIVEN NOMENCLATURAL PRECEDENCE OVER GALAXIAS Dt:LFINI?\\\U??\, 1895, (PISCES) BY THE USE OF THE PLENARY POWERS
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