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Eptatretus luzonicus Fernholm, Norén, Kullander, Quattrini, Zintzen, Roberts, Mok
Accepted name

Original name	Eptatretus luzonicus Fernholm, Norén, Kullander, Quattrini, Zintzen, Roberts, Mok & Kuo, 2013
Check ECoF	Species ; Original Reference
Current accepted name	Yes
Status	Accepted name
Status details	senior synonym, original combination
Status ref.	Fernholm, B., M. Norén, S.O. Kullander, A.M. Quattrini, V. Zintzen, C.D. Roberts, H.-K. Mok and C.-H. Kuo,2013
Comment	Replacement name for Eptatretus fernholmi McMillan & Wisner, 2004 when Paramyxine fernholmi Kuo, Huang & Mok, 1994 is placed in Eptatretus.
Etymology of generic noun from ETYFish	hepta (Gr.), seven; tretos (Gr.), perforated (i.e., with holes), referring to seven gill apertures on what would later be described as Homea banksii (=E. cirrhatus) [range within genus is 6-14 pairs of gill apertures]. (See ETYFish)
Etymology of specific epithet from ETYFish	-icus (Gr.), belonging to: Luzon Island, Philippines, type locality [replacement name of E. fernholmi McMillan & Wisner 2004, which became a junior homonym of Paramyxine fernholmi Kuo, Huang & Mok 1994 when Paramyxine was subsumed into Eptatretus]. (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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