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Pinniwallago kanpurensis (non Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981)
Misapplied name for Wallago attu (non Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981)
Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Pinniwallago; Species: kanpurensis; (non Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981)
  Current accepted name :   
No
  Status details:   
misapplied name, original combination
  Status ref. :   
  Comment :   
A valid species.
  Etymology of Generic name : 
  
Latin, pinna = thorn + wallago; Bleeker, in 1851, took the Indian fish name, gave it generic range and used it connection with a new species. The name is "walaga" in Telugu / Tamil (Ref. 45335).
Etymology of specific name : 
  
  Status in Catalogue of Life:   
Misapplied name
 
ITIS TSN : None | Catalogue of Life (misapplied name) | ZooBank Record | WoRMS | References using this synonym
 
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