Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Tripterygion; Species: melanurum; (non Guichenot, 1850)

Current accepted name :		No
Status details:		misapplied name, original combination
Status ref. :		Oliveira, R.F., V.C. Almada, A.J. Almeida, R.S. Santos and E.J. Gonçalves, 1992
Comment :		Author, year and status from Eschmeyer (CofF 1998: Ref. 26282).
Etymology of Generic name :		Greek, tres tria = three + Greek, pteron = wing, fin; diminutive (Ref. 45335).
Etymology of specific name :
Status in Catalogue of Life:		Misapplied name
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life (misapplied name) | ZooBank Record | WoRMS | References using this synonym

Entered by : Garilao, Cristina V. - 1998-05-29