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Current accepted name |
No |
Status |
Synonym |
Status details |
junior synonym, original combination |
Status ref. | |
Comment |
This species was questionably a junior synonym of Lethenteron kessleri (Anikin, 1905) in Renaud (2011: Ref. 89241:72) following Iwata et al. (1985). |
Etymology of generic noun from ETYFish |
Etymology not explained, perhaps lethalis (L.), lethal, or lethe (Gr.), forgetting or forgetfulness; enteron (Gr.) intestine, presumably referring to “degenerate and non-functional” intestine of adult L. appendix. (See ETYFish) |
Link to references |
References using the name as accepted |
Link to other databases |
Note: ETYFish and FishBase started a collaboration to complete the etymology for all valid names of fishes. For the current update, the following groups were completed: hagfishes (Myxini), lampreys (Petromyzonti), chimaeras (Holocephali), and sharks (Squalomorphi). It is a work in progress, so the two websites may not be synchronized.
Scharpf, C. The ETYFish Project, Fish Name Etymology Database. https://www.etyfish.org
Please, report here on etymology issues.
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