Original name | |
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Check ECoF | |
Current accepted name |
Yes |
Status |
Accepted name |
Status details |
senior synonym, new combination |
Status ref. | |
Comment |
Subgenus: Verreo (Ref. 75973). Year from Eschmeyer (CofF 1998: Ref. 26282). |
Etymology of generic noun |
Bodianus after Bodiano or Pudiano, from the Portuguese pudor, meaning modesty (Jordan & Evermann, 1896). |
Etymology of specific epithet |
Name from the Greek oxys for acute, and cephalofor head, referring to the sharply pointed head in this species (Ref. 75973). |
Link to references |
References using the name as accepted |
Link to other databases |
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