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| Current accepted name |
Yes
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| Status |
Accepted name
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| Status details |
senior synonym, original combination
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| Comment |
The specimen AMNH 7010 has been wrongfully assigned paratype status (Ref. 93249); it is re-identified as Distichodus fasciolatus (Ref. 96324).
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| Etymology of generic noun |
Greek, di = two + Greek, stix, stichos = line, row (Ref. 45335).
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| Etymology of specific epithet |
Named in honour of the collector, Herbert Lang (Ref. 41594), who collected fish in the Congo basin from 1909 to 1915 for the AMNH, in collaboration with James Chapin (Ref. 96324).
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| Link to references |
References using the name as accepted
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