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Beryx decadactylus Cuvier, 1829
Accepted name
Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Beryx; Species: decadactylus; Original reference
  Current accepted name :   
Yes
  Status details:   
senior synonym, original combination
  Status ref. :   
  Comment :   
In Cuvier & Valenciennes.
  Etymology of Generic name : 
  
Greek, beryx or berys = a name of a fish. Cuvier & Valenciennes (1829:221) precise that the name was used by Gesner from Varinus, but with no indication whatsoever helping identifying any species. After D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (A glossary of Greek fishes, 1947), the name actually seems to come originally from Hesychius, but perhaps the name was not originally a fish name. Thompson compares it to meryx (ruminant), applied on skaros (Scarus), so it may have been applied on a parrot fish referring to its browsing/grazing behavior described by Aristoteles and followers.
Etymology of specific name : 
  
  Status in Catalogue of Life:   
Accepted name
 
ITIS TSN : 166155 | Catalogue of Life (accepted name) | ZooBank Record | WoRMS | References using this synonym
 
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