Abstract
The word 'name' having various meanings depending on context, in order to avoid confusion and simplify reading I here use the word nomen (plural nomina) to denote 'scientific names'. Gill & Hoese (2011) discussed the correct formation of family-groupnomina based on genus-group nomina ending in -butis, and the grammatical gender of these nomina. They have shown that the spelling Odontobutidae Hoese & Gill (1993) is correct and that its emendation into Odontobutididae by Kottelat (2001; Chen, Kottelat& Wu, 2002) was incorrect. In fact, since these last two papers, the spelling had already been discussed and the error corrected by Kottelat & Freyhof (2007, 2009), who had reached the same conclusion as did Gill & Hoese (2011), viz. Butis is not a Greek word but is based on Cheilodipterus butis Hamilton, 1822, itself based on a local (Bengali ?) name, as were the vast majority of the species-group nomina created by Hamilton (1822).
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