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Clupea sardinia Cuvier, 1829   !
Synonym for Sardina pilchardus Cuvier, 1829
Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Clupea; Species: sardinia; Original reference
  Current accepted name :   
No
  Status details:   
other, original combination, misspelling
  Status ref. :   
  Comment :   
In Lowe 1837. Marked as "Cheironym?" in Ref. 188, which is confirmed (NB, 5 June 2013).
  Etymology of Generic name : 
  
Latin, clupea = sardine, derived from Clupeus = shield; doubtless a reference to the scales covering the body of the fish + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Etymology of specific name : 
  
  Status in Catalogue of Life:   
Synonym
 
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life (synonym) | ZooBank Record | WoRMS | References using this synonym
! - Marks misspellings of the species names that must not be used.


  Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Clupea; Species: sardina; Original reference
  Current accepted name :  
No
  Status details :  
junior synonym, original combination
  Status ref. :   
  Comment :   
After Duhamel du Monceau (1780) Part II, Sect. III, Plate XVI, fig. 4 (Grosse sardine), where the name was only in French. Recognised to be almost the same except size to Clupea pilchardus Bloch, 1795 by Cuvier himself.
  Status in Catalogue of Life:   
Synonym
 
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life | Zoological Record | References using this synonym

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