https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.4.9 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7B1C6EF9-6912-4DE0-ADD6-F756A74432A8 ZOOTAXA ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) 595 Zootaxa 5068 (4): 595–596 https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Copyright © 2021 Magnolia Press Correspondence Accepted by K. Tang: 25 Oct. 2021; published: 18 Nov. 2021 The correct genus name of Bonapartia pedaliota (Teleostei: Gonostomatidae) GEORGE SANGSTER Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands � g.sangster@planet.nl; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2475-7468 Bonapartia Goode & Bean, 1896 is currently a valid genus of fish containing the single species Bonapartia pedaliota Goode & Bean, 1896 (Eschmeyer, 1990, Eschmeyer et al., 1998, Fricke et al., 2021). The date of publication is 23 August (Jordan & Evermann, 1898: 2843; see also Cohen, 1963). The name Bonapartia Büttikofer, 1896 (Aves: Pycnonotidae) was published in June 1896 according to the publication itself but on 15 July according to the wrapper of the relevant volume (Richmond, 1902, Dickinson, 2005). Thus, Bonapartia Goode & Bean, 1896 is a junior homonym of Bonapartia Büttikofer, 1896. Goode & Bean (1898 [in Jordan & Evermann, 1898]) already recognized this as a case of homonymy and published the replacement name Zaphotias Goode & Bean, 1898. Bonapartia Büttikofer, 1896 was proposed as a replacement name for Gymnocrotaphus Büttikofer, 1896, which is preoccupied by Gymnocrotaphus Günther, 1859 (Teleostei: Sparidae). The type species of Bonapartia Büttikofer, 1896, Brachypus tigus Bonaparte, 1850, was synonymized with Pycnonotus tympanistrigus Müller, 1836 by Rand & Deignan (1960). Therefore, Bonapartia Büttikofer, 1896 is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pycnonotus Boie, 1826 (Rand & Deignan, 1960). However, recent phylogenetic analysis has shown this genus to be paraphyletic (Shakya & Shel- don, 2017). As a result, several genera have been reinstated (del Hoyo, 2020). Pycnonotus tympanistrigus has not been sampled in molecular phylogenetic studies but its morphology is quite distinctive (del Hoyo, 2020). Thus, it is possible that the name Bonapartia Büttikofer, 1896 will be reinstated in a future revision of genus limits. In addition to Goode & Bean (1898 [in Jordan & Evermann, 1898]), several authors have acknowledged the seniority of Bonapartia Büttikofer, 1896 over Bonapartia Goode & Bean, 1896. Jordan (1920) noted that Bonapartia Goode & Bean, 1896 was preoccupied and was replaced by Zaphotias Goode & Bean. Borodin (1930) and Roule & Angel (1933) treated Zaphotias as a valid genus. Golvan (1962: 26–27) noted that the name Bonapartia Goode & Bean, 1896 was pre- occupied and represented a senior synonym of Zaphotias Goode & Bean, 1898 which he listed as a valid genus. Witzell (1973) stated that Zaphotias is probably the correct genus name for Bonapartia pedaliota but still placed it in the syn- onymy of Bonapartia Goode & Bean, 1896. Eschmeyer et al. (1998: 1866) and Fricke et al. (2021) stated that Bonapartia Goode & Bean, 1896 is “possibly” preoccupied by Bonapartia Büttikofer, 1896, yet acknowledged that the former was published after 20 July 1896 and probably on 24 August 1896, whereas the latter was published in June 1896. Bonapartia Büttikofer, 1896 does not qualify for reversal of precedence relative to Bonapartia Goode & Bean, 1896 under Article 23.9.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999), because the name was used as valid after 1899 (e.g., Richmond, 1902, Robinson & Kloss, 1923, Wolters, 1977). Thus, Zaphotias Goode & Bean, 1898 is the valid genus name for Bonapartia pedaliota, which becomes Zaphotias pedaliotus. The specific epithet pedaliotus is an adjective and follows the gender of Zaphotias (cf. Article 31.2 of the Code), which is masculine. Acknowledgements I am grateful to Jimmy Gaudin and Sven O. Kullander for their help with this manuscript. Maurice Kottelat and three anonymous reviewers provided constructive comments that improved the manuscript. References Boie, F. (1826) Generalübersicht der ornithologischen Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen. Isis von Oken, 19, 969–982. Bonaparte, C.L. (1850) Conspectus Generum Avium. Vol. 1. E. J Brill, Leiden, 543 pp.