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Harengula melanurus
Ambiguous synonym for Sardinella atricauda (Günther, 1868)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Ambiguous synonym
  Status details  
homonym, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Not Clupea melanurus Cuvier, 1829. Secondarily preoccupied by Clupea melanura Cuvier 1829 when both were in Clupea, replaced by Clupea atricauda Günther 1868 and by Harengula valenciennesi Bleeker 1868. See CofF.
  Etymology of generic noun  
Old English haring, hering = mackerel, the fish Clupea harengus (Ref. 45335).
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References using the name as accepted
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