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Stegostoma tigrinurn    !
Synonym for Stegostoma tigrinum (Forster, 1781)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Synonym
  Status details  
senior synonym, new combination, misspelling
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Specific name misspelled: must be tigrinu*m*. Author and year from Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jul. 2009: Ref. 81932); is (Gmelin, 1789) in Ref. 6107.
  Etymology of generic noun  
  from ETYFish
stego (Gr.), cover; stoma (Gr.), mouth, referring to how “upper jaw is surmounted by a thick, membranous bulge” (translation), i.e., rounded snout conceals upper jaw and mouth opening. (See ETYFish)
  Etymology of specific epithet  
  from ETYFish
Latin for of tigers, referring to the banded black-and-white pattern of juveniles [also known as S. fasciatum (Hermann 1783), a junior synonym]. (See ETYFish)
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS

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