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  • adjective Teugels (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Teugels' ..."

Etymologies

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for Belgian naturalist Guy Teugels

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  • The new species, named Distichodus teugelsi after the late Belgian ichthyologist Guy Teugels by Victor Mamonekene and Emmanuel Vreven, is distinguished from congeners except D. decemmaculatus in having only a single row (vs. two) of bicuspid teeth on the lower jaw.

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