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Current accepted name |
Yes |
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Accepted name |
Status details |
senior synonym, original combination |
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Etymology of generic noun |
Greek, typhlos = blind + the name of a Nile fish, eleotris (Ref. 45335). |
Etymology of specific epithet |
From the Malagasy 'marary' (ill or sick), and 'be' (big), meaning very sick or big sickness; in reference to the strange debilitating viral illness or sinkhole fever members of the expedition team contracted after snorkeling in Grotte de Vitane (Ref. 93144). |
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