Synonyms - Detail

Labrus gibbosus Bonnaterre, 1788
Synonym for Symphodus melops Bonnaterre, 1788

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

Current accepted name :		No
Status details:		junior synonym, original combination
Status ref. :		Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-P. Quignard, 1979
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 : 614282 \| Catalogue of Life (synonym) \| ZooBank Record \| WoRMS \| References using this synonym

Entered by : Luna, Susan M. - 1992-01-24

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

Checked by : Luna, Susan M. - 1994-10-26

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