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Paretroplus dami (non Bleeker, 1868)
Misapplied name for Paretroplus polyactis (non Bleeker, 1868)
Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Paretroplus; Species: dami; (non Bleeker, 1868)
  Current accepted name :   
No
  Status details:   
misapplied name, original combination
  Status ref. :   
  Comment :   
In Steindachner 1881
  Etymology of Generic name : 
 
Name from the Greek 'para' meaning 'on the side of'; in taxonomy it is commonly used in generic names to express similarity or relatedness; in the present case it would mean 'next to Etroplus' (S.Kullander, pers.comm. 3/11).
Etymology of specific name : 
 
  Status in Catalogue of Life:   
Misapplied name
 
 
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