homonym
Two or more names of identical spelling, or differing only in suffix, that have been applied to different members of the same taxonomic rank and of which only one can be valid at any given time.
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Ichthyological terms, not general ones.
junior homonym
In zoological nomenclature, the more recently-established homonym if two or more exist.
senior homonym
Of two or more homonyms: the earlier established or if established simultaneously the one taking precedence.
nomen novum
New name; a scientific name created to replace another scientific name for non-taxonomical reasons, e.g. when the name being replaced is a homonym.