More info | Plus d'info | Mais info

Labrus öyena Forsskål, 1775   !
Synonym for Gerres oyena Forsskål, 1775
Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Labrus; Species: öyena; Original reference
  Current accepted name :   
No
  Status details:   
senior synonym, original combination, misspelling
  Status ref. :   
  Comment :   
  Etymology of Generic name : 
 
Name from Latin 'labrum' for lip, rim or edge; referring to the big lips of the fishes of the genus (from Ovid and Pliny according to Petrus Artedi).
Etymology of specific name : 
 
  Status in Catalogue of Life:   
Synonym
 
! - Marks misspellings of the species names that must not be used.


  Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Labrus; Species: oeyena; Original reference
  Current accepted name :  
No
  Status details :  
senior synonym, original combination
  Status ref. :   
  Comment :   
The original German spelling *ö*yena is correctly transliteraded in *oe*yena. But the spelling oyena is kept on the basis of prevailing usage. See nomenclatural details in Ref. 83466 and Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Mar. 2011: Ref. 86697).
  Status in Catalogue of Life:   
Synonym
 

This page uses some information from Catalog of Fishes (CofF) :
Click on the generic noun or the specific epithet to get more information, or on the author to get the corresponding reference from CofF.
Please cite CofF properly and/or the original reference above when information you use is extracted from these sources.

Page created by Kit 2007-07-25
Converted to PHP by Kit 2007-07-25
Last modified by Stacy 2012-10-17