Vesposus egregius

Translingual

Etymology

First described in 1921 by David Starr Jordan as the type species of the then-new monotypic genus Vesposus; believed until 1937–8 to be a taxon distinct from Grammicolepis brachiusculus.

Proper noun

Vesposus egregius m

  1. Synonym of Grammicolepis brachiusculus
    • 1921 October 14th, David Starr Jordan, “Description of deep-sea fishes from the coast of Hawaii, killed by a lava flow from Mauna Loa” in Proceedings of the United States National Museum, volume LIX (1922), № 2392, page 649:
      Closely allied to Grammicolepis Poey, with the same peculiar type of scales, but distinguished by the well-developed ventral fins and by the much stronger armed bucklers along bases of dorsal and anal fins. [¶] Type of the genus. — Vesposus egregius, new species.
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