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Bodianus oxycephalus
Accepted name

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
Yes
  Status  
Accepted name
  Status details  
senior synonym, new combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Subgenus: Verreo (Ref. 75973). Year from Eschmeyer (CofF 1998: Ref. 26282).
  Etymology of generic noun  
Bodianus after Bodiano or Pudiano, from the Portuguese pudor, meaning modesty (Jordan & Evermann, 1896).
  Etymology of specific epithet  
Name from the Greek oxys for acute, and cephalofor head, referring to the sharply pointed head in this species (Ref. 75973).
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : 170489 | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS