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Current accepted name |
No
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Status |
Ambiguous synonym
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Status details |
questionable, original combination
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Comment |
Most probably the correct spelling of the specific epithet. See comments under Labrus g*v*aza Linnaeus, 1758.
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Etymology of generic noun |
Name from Latin 'labrum' for lip, rim or edge; referring to the big lips of the fishes of the genus (from Ovid and Pliny according to Petrus Artedi).
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Etymology of specific epithet |
Most probably a misspelling of the specific epithet because based on Labrus guaza Loefling 1758:104 (type locality: Cumana, Venezuela) (see CofF).
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Link to references |
References using the name as accepted
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