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| Current accepted name |
Yes
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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 |
Greek, mystax = whiskered, used by Belon in 1553 to describe all fishes with whiskers (Ref. 45335).
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| Etymology of specific epithet |
From the Latin adjective velifer, meaning sail bearing (Latin velum=sail and fero=to bear), in reference to the relatively elongate first dorsal-fin ray of this species, a diagnostic character.
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| Link to references |
References using the name as accepted
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