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  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
Yes
  Status  
Accepted name
  Status details  
senior synonym, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Etymology of generic noun  
Name from Greek 'araios' for thin, slender, weak and 'Cypris', one of the names of Aphrodite and common suffix for cyprinid genera. Gender feminine.
  Etymology of specific epithet  
Name Greek in origin (meaning thorny, like blackberry), in allusion to the large conical tubercles on the lower jaw of the male; noun in apposition.
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS