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Tautoga psittacula
Ambiguous synonym for Pseudolabrus rubicundus (Macleay, 1881)

  Original name  
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  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Ambiguous synonym
  Status details  
other, new combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Preoccupied by Labrus psittaculus Lacepède, 1801.
  Etymology of generic noun  
Plural of the word "taut", an Indian Brazil name translated by Roger William from f the Narragansett, "tautauog" = sheepshead
  Etymology of specific epithet  
From the Latin 'psittacus' meaning parrot, referring to the local (Tasmanian) name for parrot fish (Ref. 12965).
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
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