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View Mode Genus Choetomus McClelland 1844   Genus Genus   Hierarchy Hierarchy   Original Genus Original Genus   Current Genus Current Genus   Name History Name History   Genus   Choetomus AuthorWI   McClelland [J.] AuthorNI   McClelland Qualification   --- Year   1844 Status   Spelling Gender   masculine Class   Osteichthyes Order   Clupeiformes Family   Engraulidae Subfamily   Coiliinae Tribe   --- Original Genus   Chaetomus Original Family   Engraulidae Original Sub Family   Coiliinae Coiliinae Original Year   1844 Gender   masculine Type Species   Choetomus playfairii Type Species AuthorWI   McClelland [J.] Type Species AuthorNI   McClelland Type Species Qualification   --- Type Species Year   1843 Type Designation   Type by monotypy Current Year   1844 Current Summary   Synonym [Spelling] of Coilia  Gray 1830. Engraulidae.   Name History   Usually spelled Choetomus (originally with a diphthong), but McClellan's derivation is clearly based on chaeto- a lock of hair. •Synonym of Coilia Gray 1830 -- (Whitehead et al. 1988:460 [ref. 5725] as Choetomus, Kottelat 2013:52 [ref. 32989]). Loading…