| Citation | Alonso, F., G. E. Terán, W.S. Serra Alanís, P. Calviño, M.M. Montes, I.D. García, J.A. Barneche, A. Almirón, L. Ciotek, P. Giorgis and J. Casciotta, 2023, From the mud to the tree: phylogeny of Austrolebias killifishes, new generic structure and description of a new species (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae).. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 199:280-309. |
| Ref. | 129129 Alonso, F., G. E. Terán, W.S. Serra Alanís, P. Calviño, M.M. Montes, I.D. García, J.A. Barneche, A. Almirón, L. Ciotek, P. Giorgis and J. Casciotta, 2023 |
| Page | 289 |
| Named Used as Valid | Austrolebias vandenbergi |
| Comment | |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | South America |
| Quote | Rebuttal to ECofF's move to change specific name to vandenbergorum following ICZN Art. 31.1.2. Authors consider this not to be adequate because vandenbergi has been in use for > 25 years and cited in ? 20 papers (Fricke et al. 2021) and, following Appendix B General recommendations of the ICZN (Ride et al. 1999): ‘Stability of nomenclature: 1. Since it is the object of nomenclature to denote each taxon by a name which is unique, unambiguous and universal, an author should not change the prevailing usage of names, or the sense in which they are used, unless this is required for scientific reasons (i.e. the reclassification of taxa) ( ..… ) 2. If the provisions of the Code appear to require an action which might threaten stability or cause confusion, that action should not be taken before referring the case to the Commission for advice’. Therefore, until this is submitted to the Commission, we consider that vandenbergi should be used for stability. |