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Current accepted name |
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Synonym
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Status details |
senior synonym, new combination, misspelling
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Etymology of generic noun |
Named for Alan Owston (1853‒1915), an amateur naturalist, yachtsman and collector of Asian wildlife, notably fishes from Japan and China.
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Etymology of specific epithet |
A combination of the Greek 'dory' (spear) and 'pteron' (fin), which according to Fowler (1934a) is
"with reference to the long pointed soft vertical fins."
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Link to references |
References using the name as accepted
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! - Marks misspellings of the species names that must not be used. |