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Hyphessobrycon peugeoti    !
Synonym for Hyphessobrycon peugeotorum Ingenito, Lima & Buckup, 2013

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Synonym
  Status details  
senior synonym, original combination, misspelling
  Status ref.  
  Etymology of generic noun  
Greek, hyphesson, -on, -on = a little smaller + Greek, bryko = to bite (Ref. 45335).
  Etymology of specific epithet  
The specific name is patronymic to the Peugeot family, who invented the Peugeot pepper mill mechanism in 1842 and whose manufacturing business led to the establishment of a carbon sink reforestation project in the fazenda São Nicolau, in central Brazil, and eventually to the discovery of this new species.
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS
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