vernacular name
Local; common; colloquial name of an animal or plant taxon. The name of a taxon in any language other than that of zoological nomenclature.
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Ichthyological terms, not general ones.
specific epithet
In zoological nomencature, the second name in a binomen and in a trinomen. Has no nomenclatural function when used alone, though this is often done in aquarium literature or when referring to a species in passing if the genus being referred to is already clearly known. Also known as specific name.
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