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Current accepted name |
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Synonym |
Status details |
senior synonym, original combination |
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Etymology of generic noun |
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 epithet |
Name from the Greek mesos for middle, and masculine noun thorax or breast plate; apparently in reference to the prominent diagonal black band on the body of adults of this species (Ref. 75973). |
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References using the name as accepted |
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