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Galeocerdo fasciatus
van Kampen, 1907
Ambiguous synonym for Galeocerdo cuvier (PĂ©ron & Lesueur, 1822) |
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Status |
Ambiguous synonym
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Status details |
other, original combination
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Comment |
Secondarily preoccupied in Galeocerdo by Carcharias (Prionodon) fasciatus Bleeker 1852 after Eschmeyer (CofF 1998: Ref. 26282).
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Etymology of generic noun from ETYFish |
galeos, a small shark or dogfish according to Aristotle and others (but perhaps used here as a generic term for shark); kerdo, Greek for fox, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to a cunning ability to steal bait from the line (see Alopias, Alopiidae). (See ETYFish)
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References using the name as accepted
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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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