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Labrus leucosticticus
Synonym for Bodianus leucosticticus (Bennett, 1832)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Synonym
  Status details  
senior synonym, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Species spelling and year (Ref. 7442).
  Etymology of generic noun  
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 epithet  
Name from the Greek leukos for “white and stiktos for spotted; referring to the row of white spots along the back of adults in life (Ref. 75973).
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : 613327 | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS