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| Current accepted name |
Yes
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| Status |
Accepted name
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| Status details |
senior synonym, new combination
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| Etymology of generic noun |
Name combination of Puntius and tigrus, sound like the Latin word 'tigris' for tiger; an allusion to the barred color pattern and the common name tiger barb often used for some species of this genus.
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| Etymology of specific epithet |
Named for Professor Navjot S. Sodhi (1962-2011), for his inputs to conservation and ecological
research in Southeast Asia and also for his considerable contributions and services to the editorship of the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (as Editor-in-Chief from 1996 to 2001, Associate Editor from 2001 to 2005, and Editorial Board member from 2006 to 2011).
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| Link to references |
References using the name as accepted
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