The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Chenopis
(Anatidae; syn. Cygnus Ϯ Black Swan C. atratus) Gr. χην khēn, χηνος khēnos goose; οψις opsis appearance; "41. Genus. Chenopis Wagl., Gansschwan. Der Schnabel gänseartig ... Das Gefieder des Halfes wie bey Gänsen. Species: Ch. atrata (Cygnus atrat. Auct.)" (Wagler 1832); "Chenopis Wagler, Isis, 1832, col. 1234. Type, by monotypy, Ch. atrata = Anas atrata Latham." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 144).
Var. Chenopsis.
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