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| Current accepted name |
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| Status |
Synonym |
| Status details |
senior synonym, new combination, misspelling |
| Status ref. | |
| Comment |
Generic name masculine. |
| Etymology of generic noun from ETYFish |
Named for the antihero of Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, to which G. attenuatus “bears some resemblance in form and habits”. (See ETYFish) |
| Etymology of specific epithet from ETYFish |
Latin for drawn out or tapered, refer- ring to its “attenuate, almost anguilliform as though emaciated” shape. (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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! - Marks misspellings of the species names that must not be used. |