TY - JOUR T1 - Cookeolus Fowler, 1928 (Osteichthyes: priacanthidae): fixation of Priacanthus japonicus Cuvier, 1829 as the type species JF - Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature Y1 - 2019 A1 - Demirjian, Vahe D KW - Nomenclature KW - taxonomy KW - Osteichthyes KW - Perciformes KW - priacanthidae KW - Cookeolus KW - Heteropriacanthus KW - Cookeolus japonicus KW - bigeyes KW - Indo-Pacific KW - Atlantic AB - <p>The fish genus <em>Cookeolus</em> Fowler, 1928 has been in use for a genus of longfinned bigeyes for 90 years, with the combination <em>Cookeolus japonicus</em> (Cuvier, 1829) being widely listed as the only species in the genus. However, the type species of the genus, <em>Anthias boops</em> Schneider in Bloch &amp; Schneider, 1801, is a junior synonym of another bigeye species, <em>Heteropriacanthus cruentatus</em> (Lacep猫de, 1801) and does not conform morphologically with the bigeye species currently known as<em> Cookeolus japonicus</em>, as noted by Starnes (1988). Given that <em>Cookeolus</em> is currently in usage for the bigeye species <em>Priacanthus japonicus</em>, and using Article 70.3, the type species of <em>Cookeolus</em> is changed to <em>Priacanthus japonicus</em> to avoid nomenclatural instability and confusion in the technical literature.</p> VL - 76 ER -