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Petromyzon fluvialis
Linaaeus, 1758 !
Misapplied name for Lethenteron camtschaticum (Tilesius, 1811) |
| Status |
Misapplied name |
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| Status details |
misapplied name, original combination, misspelling |
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| Etymology of generic noun from ETYFish |
petra (Gr.), rock or stone; myzon (Gr.), to suck, referring to their suctorial behavior (adults attach to rocks during nest building and mating). (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
Please, report here on etymology issues.
! - Marks misspellings of the species names that must not be used. |