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Isurus glaucus
Ambiguous synonym for Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Ambiguous synonym
  Status details  
homonym, new combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Secondary homonymy.
  Etymology of generic noun  
  from ETYFish
isos (Gr.), equal; oura (Gr.), tail, referring to caudal-fin lobes of I. oxyrinchus being equal in length (except that they are not; the upper is clearly longer). (See ETYFish)
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  

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