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    Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃stɑ̃tin samɥɛl ʁafinɛsk(ə)ʃmalts]; 22 October 1783 – 18 September 1840) was a French...
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    Bate, 1888 Campylonotoidea Sollaud, 1913 Palaemonoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Alpheoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Processoidea Ortmann, 1896 Pandaloidea Haworth, 1825...
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    Carangidae (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
    Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810 Genus Seriola Bleeker, 1854 Genus Seriolina Wakiya, 1924 Subfamily Caranginae Rafinesque, 1815 Genus Alectis Rafinesque, 1815 Genus...
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    genus in the family Sphyraenidae, which was named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. It is found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide ranging...
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    others retain them in the order Osteoglossiformes. Hiodon alosoides (Rafinesque, 1819) The goldeye, Hiodon alosoides, is widespread across eastern North...
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    gars. Synonyms of Atractosteus spatula include: Lesisosteus [sic] ferox (Rafinesque 1820), and Lepisosteus spatula (Lacepede 1803). Fossils from the order...
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    Gray, 1849: synonym of Amphioctopus aegina (Gray, 1849) Octopus albus Rafinesque, 1814: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 Octopus alderii Vérany...
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    Necturus (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
    maculosus. "Fossilworks: Necturus". Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Necturus Rafinesque, 1819". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6...
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  • dabryanus A. H. A. Duméril, 1869 (Yangtze sturgeon) Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 (Lake sturgeon) Acipenser gueldenstaedtii J. F. Brandt & Ratzeburg...
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    shark) †Carcharodon caifassii Lawley, 1876 Genus Isurus Rafinesque, 1810 Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 (shortfin mako) [6] Isurus paucus Guitart-Manday...
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    Coryphaenidae Rafinesque, 1815 (dolphinfish) Rachycentridae Gill 1896 (cobia) Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1815 (remoras) Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815 (jacks)...
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    Shortfin mako shark (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
    which has the tooth so highly prized by the Maoris". In 1809, Constantine Rafinesque gave the short-fin mako the scientific name Isurus oxyrinchus (isurus...
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    Rafinesque's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii), sometimes known as the southeastern big-eared bat, is a species of vesper bat native to the southeastern...
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    antiquarian Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. Ethnographic studies in the 1980s and analysis in the 1990s of Rafinesque's manuscripts have produced significant...
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    Kingfisher (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
    was introduced (as Alcedia) by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. It is divided into three subfamilies, the tree kingfishers (Halcyoninae)...
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    Luvaridae contains the following taxa: Genus Luvarus Rafinesque, 1810 Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, 1810 † Luvarus necopinatus (Danilchenko, 1968) † Aluvarus...
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  • the family Bulimulidae. Subspecies Bulimulus bonariensis bonariensis (Rafinesque, 1833) Bulimulus bonariensis sporadicus (d'Orbigny, 1835) These snails...
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    M. Bailey & C. L. Hubbs, 1949 (Suwannee bass) Micropterus punctulatus Rafinesque, 1819 (spotted bass) Micropterus salmoides Lacépède, 1802 (largemouth...
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    1865 (longjaw minnows) Erimystax Jordan, 1882(slender chubs) Exoglossum Rafinesque, 1818 (cutlips minnows) Hybognathus Agassiz, 1855 (silvery minnows) Hybopsis...
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    1810) Synonyms Scomber rochei Risso, 1810 Scomber bisus Rafinesque, 1810 Auxis bisus (Rafinesque, 1810) Thynnus rocheanus Risso, 1827 Thunnus rocheanus...
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    [(syn: Amphiodon Rafinesque 1819 non Huber 1909; Hiodon (Amphiodon) (Rafinesque 1819); Hiodon (Clodalus) Rafinesque 1820; Clodalus (Rafinesque 1820); Hiodon...
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    Baillonus Rafinesque, 1815 Bothrolaemus Holbrook, 1855 Caesiomorus Lacepède, 1801 Doliodon Girard, 1858 Glaucus Bleeker, 1863 Hypodis Rafinesque, 1810 Pampanoa...
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    1820 Spatularia reticulata Shaw 1804 Proceros vittatus Rafinesque 1820 Accipenser lagenarius (sic) Rafinesque 1820  ?Polyodon pristis Rafinesque 1818...
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    Schneider, 1801 Muraena romana Shaw, 1803 Muraena punctata Rafinesque, 1810 Muraena variegata Rafinesque, 1810 Muraenophis fulva Risso, 1810 Muraena guttata...
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    stenorhynchus Rafinesque 1818 Sarchirus vittatus Rafinesque 1818 Sarchirus argenteus Rafinesque 1820 Lepisosteus longirostris Rafinesque 1820 Lepisosteus...
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    Ictiobus (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
    measures are needed. Five species are placed in the genus: Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque, 1818) (smallmouth buffalo) Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes, 1844)...
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    Superfamily: Geomyoidea Family: Geomyidae Bonaparte, 1845 Type genus Geomys Rafinesque, 1817 Genera Cratogeomys Geomys Heterogeomys Orthogeomys Pappogeomys Thomomys...
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    Lymnaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Family Lymnaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 Superfamily Planorboidea Rafinesque, 1815 Family Planorbidae Rafinesque, 1815 Family...
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    Nymphalidae (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
    blend into their surroundings. Rafinesque introduced the name Nymphalia as a subfamily name in diurnal Lepidoptera. Rafinesque did not include Nymphalis among...
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    Sparidae (category Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque)
    family in 1818 by the French polymath and naturalist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. Traditionally the taxa within the Spariformes were classified within...
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