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| Original name | |
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| Current accepted name |
Yes
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| Status |
Accepted name
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| Status details |
senior synonym, original combination
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| Comment |
Not in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Aug. 2002: Ref. 43552).
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| Etymology of generic noun |
Greek, skiaina, skion = a fish, red mullet + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
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| Etymology of specific epithet |
Named after Dr. Geoffrey Fryer, former Fisheries Research Officer of the Joint Fisheries Research Organization in Nkhata Bay, who systematically observed the fishes of Lake Malawi in their natural habitat (Ref. 40899).
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| Link to references |
References using the name as accepted
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