Taxonomy of Finfish

1.2.8 Emendations

Any demonstrably intentional change in the original spelling of a name is emendation. There are two types of emendations. In justified emendation, the correction of an incorrect original spelling and the name thus emended takes the date and authorship of the original spelling. In unjustified emendation, the name thus emended has status in nomenclature with its own date and author.