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Myxine robinsi    !
Synonym for Myxine robinsorum Wisner & McMillan, 1995

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Synonym
  Status details  
senior synonym, original combination, misspelling
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Name corrected to robinsorum from the 1995 ICZN Article 32c(ii).
  Etymology of generic noun  
  from ETYFish
Ancient Greek word for a slimy fish: myxa, slime; -inus, one who, referring to copious amounts of slime produced by M. glutinosa. (See ETYFish)
  Etymology of specific epithet  
  from ETYFish
-orum, commemorative suffix (L.), plural: in honor of American ichthyologists C. Richard Robins (1928-2020) and his wife Catherine, for their work on the fishes of the tropical western Atlantic. (See ETYFish)
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS

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Scharpf, C. The ETYFish Project, Fish Name Etymology Database. https://www.etyfish.org
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