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Synonym |
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senior synonym, original combination |
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Comment |
Mentioned as Squalus uyatus in Ref. 76933. |
Etymology of generic noun |
Genus name from Latin 'squalus' meaning shark (Ref. 6885, 27436).
Latin, squalidus = pale, weak (Ref. 45335). |
Etymology of specific epithet from ETYFish |
uyat or uyato, derived from agullats or ahullats, vernacular for dogfish sharks in the Mediterranean, based on a Mediterranean Squalus (Squalidae), now applied to this gulper shark from the eastern Indian Ocean and north Atlantic. (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
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