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Hemiscyllium plagiosum
Synonym for Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Synonym
  Status details  
senior synonym, new combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Author in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jan. 2004: Ref. 50838).
  Etymology of generic noun  
  from ETYFish
hemi-, from hemisys (Gr.), half, presumably referring to similarity and/ or close affinity to Scyllium (=Scyliorhinus, now in Scyliorhinidae) and/or Chiloscyllium; skylion, Greek for dogfish or small shark. (See ETYFish)
  Etymology of specific epithet  
  from ETYFish
-osus, Latin suffix denoting fullness or abundance: plagis (L.), stripes, referring to dark transverse bands on body. (See ETYFish)
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  

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