| More info | Plus d'info | Mais info |
| Original name | |
|---|---|
| Check ECoF | |
| Current accepted name |
Yes
|
| Status |
Accepted name
|
| Status details |
senior synonym, original combination
|
| Status ref. | |
| Etymology of generic noun |
Name based on a vernacular Indian name (Hamilton, 1822:343, Ref. 1813); a fish living in mud (Ref. 128817).
|
| Etymology of specific epithet |
The specific name is made from the Latin bi (two) and spinosus (spiny), in allusion to a large, unicuspid, acanthoid and forwards pointed tubercles on the distal end of each lobe of the proboscis on the snout.
|
| Link to references |
References using the name as accepted
|
| Link to other databases |
|
|