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Caspiomyzon graecus
Accepted name

Original name	Eudontomyzon graecus Renaud & Economidis, 2010
Check ECoF	Species ; Original Reference
Current accepted name	Yes
Status	Accepted name
Status details	senior synonym, new combination
Status ref.	Lang, N.J., K.J. Roe, C.B. Renaud, H.S. Gill, I.C. Potter, J. Freyhof, A.M. Naseka, P. Cochran, H.E. Pérez, E.M. Habit, B.R. Kuhajda, D.A. Neely, Y.S. Reshetnikov, V.B. Salnikov, M.Th. Stoumboudi and R.L. Mayden,2009
Etymology of generic noun from ETYFish	Caspio, from the Caspian Sea basin, where C. wagneri is endemic; myzon (Gr.), to suck (borrowed from Petromyzon), referring to their suctorial behavior. (See ETYFish)
Etymology of specific epithet from ETYFish	Latin word for Greek, derived from Graeci, a tribe of Hellenes living since Prehistoric times in area where this lamprey occurs. (See ETYFish)
Link to references	References using the name as accepted
Link to other databases	ITIS TSN : None \| Catalogue of Life \| ZooBank \| WoRMS

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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