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| Current accepted name |
Yes
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Accepted name
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| Status details |
senior synonym, original combination
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| Etymology of generic noun |
No etymology given, suggested by Christopher Scharpt: from Latin 'eu' for 'true' and 'iota' for anything very small, in combination 'truly very small' referring to it as being the smallest vertebrate at the time it has benn described by Jenkins (thus, making the suggestion by Scharpt plausible.
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| Etymology of specific epithet |
Name from Latin 'maculos' for spotted and 'botellus' for a small sausage and apparently the origin of the English word pudding; referring to the spots on the male urogenital papilla that is reminiscent of the British pudding known as spotted dick, which is light brown with dark spots.
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| Link to references |
References using the name as accepted
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