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Current accepted name |
Yes |
Status |
Accepted name |
Status details |
senior synonym, original combination |
Status ref. | |
Etymology of generic noun |
Latin, mustela, -ae = weasel (Ref. 45335). |
Etymology of specific epithet from ETYFish |
In honor of American fisheries biologist James B. Higman (1922-2009), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for his “initial interest in the species and his care in the preparation of excellent notes on its natural history” while serving as an observer on the vessel from which it was collected. (See ETYFish) |
Link to references |
References using the name as accepted |
Link to other databases |
Note: ETYFish and FishBase started a collaboration to complete the etymology for all valid names of fishes. For the current update, the following groups were completed: hagfishes (Myxini), lampreys (Petromyzonti), chimaeras (Holocephali), and sharks (Squalomorphi). It is a work in progress, so the two websites may not be synchronized.
Scharpf, C. The ETYFish Project, Fish Name Etymology Database. https://www.etyfish.org
Please, report here on etymology issues.
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