Dunkerocampus Dactyliophorus
Considerable taxonomic confusion exists in these genera, both because a number of scientifically undescribed species remain and some of the already described species are variable.The first to recognise the species now placed in Dunckerocampus as worthy of a separate genus was the German ichthyologist George Duncker, and for this reason he coined Acanthognathus in 1912.However, unbeknown to him that name was preoccupied by a genus of ants. The replacement name Dunckerocampus honours Duncker.Following a review in 1985, Dunckerocampus was generally considered a subgenus of Doryrhamphus,but in 1998 it was recommended that Dunckerocampus again should be a genus, and in addition to the species formerly placed in it, it should include the newly described D. boylei.When described in 2004, D. naia was also placed in this genus.FishBase do recognise Dunckerocampus, but only for the two species recently described in that genus,while they have not moved other species that belong in this genus (including its type species, D. dactyliophorus),which instead are retained in Doryrhamphus(this treatment is impossible, as it would result in Dunckerocampus being a junior synonym of Doryrhamphus).
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