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| Current accepted name |
No
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| Status |
Ambiguous synonym
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| Status details |
homonym, original combination
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| Comment |
Preoccupied by Marcusenius senegalensis gracilis (Pellegrin 1922); replaced by Marcusenius elegans Fricke & Kramer 2022 (Ref. 127382).
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| Etymology of generic noun |
Becasue of J. Marcusen, author of "Zur Phauna des Schwarzen Meeres", 1867; ichthyologist
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| Etymology of specific epithet |
Marcusenius gracilis is more slender than the other Ivorian and many of the West African Marcusenius species, hence its specific name gracilis (Ref. 93659).
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| Link to references |
References using the name as accepted
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