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Yes
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Status |
Accepted name
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Status details |
senior synonym, original combination
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Etymology of generic noun |
Greek, eggraulis, -eos = anchovy + Greek, kypris = the name of Aphrodite, proceeding from Kypris, (Cyprus), Greek, kyprinos = carp (Ref. 45335).
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Etymology of specific epithet |
In the Cyao language spoken in the Niassa region of northern Mozambique, the name 'ngalala' denotes any, small, compressed, silvery fish, including Mesobola and species of Brycinus and Hemigrammopetersius; the epithet is treated as a nominative singular noun in apposition (Ref. 116496).
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References using the name as accepted
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