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Status |
Accepted name
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Status details |
senior synonym, original combination
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Etymology of generic noun from ETYFish |
a-, Latin privative, i.e., without; pristis, from pristes (Gr.), sawyer (but here meaning saw); oura (Gr.), tail, referring to absence of saw-toothed crest of enlarged dermal denticles along upper edge of caudal fin as found in the closely related Pristiurus (=Galeus). (See ETYFish)
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Etymology of specific epithet |
Name from Latin 'ovi' for egg; genitive singular of ovum) and 'corrugatus' or corrugated; referring to the corrugated egg cases (unique for the genus Apristurus); treated as an adjective.
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Link to references |
References using the name as accepted
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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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