Rhynchobdella haleppensis, Bloch

Kottelat, Maurice, 2022, Mastacembelus simack, the valid name of the Mesopotamian spiny eel (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae), Zootaxa 5162 (4), pp. 446-450 : 448

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6817889
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scientific name	Rhynchobdella haleppensis
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Rhynchobdella haleppensis View in CoL

Rhynchobdella haleppensis Bloch View in CoL , in Schneider, 1801: 480 is based on Gronovius (1763: 132 [n. 402], pl. 8a fig. 1), which itself includes reference to Russell (1756). I designate here the specimen model of plate 12 figure 2 in A. Russell (1756) as lectotype and this makes R. haleppensis View in CoL a junior objective synonym of O. simack View in CoL .

Mastacembelus View in CoL aleppensis of Günther (1861: 541) is an unjustified emendation of Rhynchobdella haleppensis Bloch View in CoL , in Schneider, 1801.