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  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
Yes
  Status  
Accepted name
  Status details  
senior synonym, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Subgenus: Priobodianus (Ref. 75973).
  Etymology of generic noun  
Bodianus after Bodiano or Pudiano, from the Portuguese pudor, meaning modesty (Jordan & Evermann, 1896).
  Etymology of specific epithet  
Name from the combination of the masculine Greek noun 'thorakos' for breastplate, and feminine Latin noun for ribbon, refers to its diagnostic filamentously prolonged pelvic-fin ray.
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
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