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Pterophyllum altum (non Pellegrin, 1903)
Misapplied name for Pterophyllum scalare (non Pellegrin, 1903)
Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Pterophyllum; Species: altum; (non Pellegrin, 1903)
  Current accepted name :   
No
  Status details:   
misapplied name, original combination
  Status ref. :   
  Comment :   
  Etymology of Generic name : 
  
Greek, pteron, = fin, sail + Greek, phyllon = leaf; apparently in reference to the tall wide and triangular dorsal fin (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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