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Leiognathus elongatus
Ambiguous synonym for Equulites popei (Whitley, 1932)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Ambiguous synonym
  Status details  
homonym, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Not of Günther. Secondarily preoccupied in Leiognathus by Equula elongata Günther, 1874, replaced by Macilentichthys popei Whitley, 1932. In Gloerfelt-Tarp and Kailola, 1984:333 with L. popei as junior synonym (p. 333).
  Etymology of generic noun  
Greek, leios = smooth + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335).
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
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