Synonyms - Detail

Labrus chloropterus Bloch, 1791
Synonym for Halichoeres chloropterus Bloch, 1791

Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Labrus; Species: chloropterus; Original reference

Current accepted name :		No
Status details:		senior synonym, original combination
Status ref. :		Randall, J.E., 1980
Comment :
Etymology of Generic name :		Name from Latin 'labrum' for lip, rim or edge; referring to the big lips of the fishes of the genus (from Ovid and Pliny according to Petrus Artedi).
Etymology of specific name :
Status in Catalogue of Life:		Synonym


ITIS TSN : 614911 \| Catalogue of Life (synonym) \| ZooBank Record \| WoRMS \| References using this synonym

Entered by : Capuli, Estelita Emily - 1992-01-14

Modified by :Bailly, Nicolas - 2006-02-10

Checked by : Luna, Susan M. - 1994-09-20

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