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Current accepted name |
Yes |
Status |
Accepted name |
Status details |
senior synonym, original combination |
Status ref. | |
Comment |
Replacement name for Eptatretus fernholmi McMillan & Wisner, 2004 when Paramyxine fernholmi Kuo, Huang & Mok, 1994 is placed in Eptatretus. |
Etymology of generic noun from ETYFish |
hepta (Gr.), seven; tretos (Gr.), perforated (i.e., with holes), referring to seven gill apertures on what would later be described as Homea banksii (=E. cirrhatus) [range within genus is 6-14 pairs of gill apertures]. (See ETYFish) |
Etymology of specific epithet from ETYFish |
-icus (Gr.), belonging to: Luzon Island, Philippines, type locality [replacement name of E. fernholmi McMillan & Wisner 2004, which became a junior homonym of Paramyxine fernholmi Kuo, Huang & Mok 1994 when Paramyxine was subsumed into Eptatretus]. (See ETYFish) |
Link to references |
References using the name as accepted |
Link to other databases |
Note: ETYFish and FishBase started a collaboration to complete the etymology for all valid names of fishes. For the current update, the following groups were completed: hagfishes (Myxini), lampreys (Petromyzonti), chimaeras (Holocephali), and sharks (Squalomorphi). It is a work in progress, so the two websites may not be synchronized.
Scharpf, C. The ETYFish Project, Fish Name Etymology Database. https://www.etyfish.org
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