Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Maurolicus; Species: amethystinopunctatus; (non Cocco, 1838)

Current accepted name :		No
Status details:		misapplied name, original combination
Status ref. :		Santos, R.S., F.M. Porteiro and J.P. Barreiros, 1997
Comment :		Written as amethystino-punctatus. Valid species.
Etymology of Generic name :		Greek,mauros, -os, -on = dark + Greek,lykos = wolf (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

Entered by : Torres, Armi G. - 1992-07-22

Modified by :Bailly, Nicolas - 2006-02-03

Checked by : Kullander, Sven O. - 2003-08-22