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| Current accepted name |
Yes
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Accepted name
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| Status details |
senior synonym, original combination
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| Comment |
Subgenus: Odontohypopomus.
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| Etymology of generic noun |
Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, hypo = under + Greek, poma, -atos = cover (Ref. 45335).
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| Etymology of specific epithet |
Named for Walter Heiligenberg in honor of his discoveries in electric fish neurophysiology and behavior made at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
Institute of Oceanography.
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References using the name as accepted
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