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Chiloscyllium caeruleopunctatum
Ambiguous synonym for Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Ambiguous synonym
  Status details  
questionable, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Synonym of C. plagiosum in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Nov. 1999: Ref. 33021). Valid species, endemic in Madagascar (Ref. 391).
  Etymology of generic noun  
  from ETYFish
cheilos (Gr.), lip, referring to membranous and broad lower lip, presumably of C. plagiosum (proposed without a species); skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark. (See ETYFish)
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : 159953 | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS

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Scharpf, C. The ETYFish Project, Fish Name Etymology Database. https://www.etyfish.org
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