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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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Etymology of generic noun |
Name from Latin word 'aenigma', for enigma, and Channa, the genus name of Asian snakeheads.
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Etymology of specific epithet |
Named after the character from J. R. R. Tolkien’s books ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’. Gollum is a creature that went underground and during its subterranean life changed its morphological features; noun in apposition.
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References using the name as accepted
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