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Labrus iris
Ambiguous synonym for Pentapodus paradiseus (Günther, 1859)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Ambiguous synonym
  Status details  
questionable, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Homonym of Pentapus iris Valenciennes 1830. Author from Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jan. 2004: Ref. 50838). Was Richardson, 1843 in FB Dec. 2004. Check to be "Author cited in Ref. 3810 as Richardson, 1843."
  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).
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS