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Mollisquama mississippiensis Grace, Doosey, Denton, Naylor, Bart
Accepted name

Original name	Mollisquama mississippiensis Grace, Doosey, Denton, Naylor, Bart & Maisey, 2019
Check ECoF	Species ; Original Reference
Current accepted name	Yes
Status	Accepted name
Status details	senior synonym, original combination
Status ref.	Grace, M.A., M.H. Doosey, J.S. Denton, G.J.P. Naylor, H.L. Bart Jr. and J.G. Maisey,2019
Etymology of generic noun from ETYFish	mollis (L.), soft; squama (L.), scale, referring to its soft scales, apparently unique among sharks. (See ETYFish)
Etymology of specific epithet from ETYFish	-ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: the “vast” North American Mississippi River Basin, a “biologically and geographically rich region that nurtures Gulf of Mexico [type locality] fauna and unites diverse cultures”. (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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