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Labrus scrofa
Synonym for Bodianus scrofa (Valenciennes, 1839)

  Original name  
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  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Synonym
  Status details  
senior synonym, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Lectotype: MNHN A 8200; Paralectotype: MNHN A 8195.
  Etymology of generic noun  
Name from Latin 'labrum' for lip, rim or edge; referring to the big lips of the fishes of the genus (from Ovid and Pliny according to Petrus Artedi).
  Etymology of specific epithet  
Name fromg feminine Latin noun meaning breeding sow, apparently refers to the common name hogfish (Ref. 75973).
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : 613368 | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS