Abstract
Huber (1979) described a new genus of fishes (Cyprinodontiformes) under the nomen Adamas. This nomen is a junior homonym of Adamas Malaise, 1945 (Hymenoptera). Özdikmen et al. (2006) proposed the nomen novum Fenerbahce to replace Adamas Huber, 1979. Huber (2007) stated that the latter publication was available only online but not as a paper version. Consequently, he considered the nomen Fenerbahce as nomenclaturally unavailable and he proposed another nomen novum, Adamans, to replace Adamas Huber, 1979. Recently and independently, Sonnenberg & Van der Zee (2008) and Özdikmen (2008) stated that the paper by Özdikmen et al. (2006) had indeed been published in a paper printed version, so that the nomen Fenerbahce is nomenclaturally available, and the nomen Adamans its junior objective synonym. As a result of this succession of events, and ignoring the ethical problems rightly raised by Huber (2007) regarding the publication of Özdikmen et al. (2006), which are not discussed here, the valid nomen for this genus is Fenerbahce Özdikmen et al., 2006 and the nomina Adamas Huber, 1979 and Adamans Huber, 2007 are its invalid objective synonyms.
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