Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Melodichthys; Species: paxtoni; Original reference

Current accepted name :		No
Status details:		senior synonym, original combination
Status ref. :		Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999
Comment :
Etymology of Generic name :		Greek, melodos, -os, -on = that sings + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Etymology of specific name :
Status in Catalogue of Life:		Synonym
ITIS TSN : 623136 | Catalogue of Life (synonym) | ZooBank Record | WoRMS | References using this synonym

Entered by : Garilao, Cristina V. - 2000-05-16

Modified by :Capuli, Estelita Emily - 2009-01-13