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Proscyllium venustum
Provisionally accepted name for Proscyllium venustum (Tanaka, 1912)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
Yes
  Status  
Provisionally accepted name
  Status details  
senior synonym, new combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Year from ECoF.
  Etymology of generic noun  
  from ETYFish
pro (L.), in front of, probably referring to far forward placement of dorsal fin compared with Scyllium (=Scyliorhinus, Scyliorhinidae). (See ETYFish)
  Etymology of specific epithet  
  from ETYFish
Latin for beautiful, probably referring to its spotted color pattern, as reflected in its local Japanese name Hyozame, meaning Leopard Shark [treated as a junior synonym of P. habereri by some workers]. (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
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