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Rename article – "Grey brotula" no longer used for redescribed B. consobrinus?

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I think "grey brotula" and "orange cuskee" would refer to the recently described species Bidenichthys beeblebroxi. B beeblebroxi was described, and E. consobrinus was redescribed, in 1995; in the article (cited in the beeblebroxi wikipedia article), Paulin refers to "the common grey brotula, here described as a new species [B. beeblebroxi], and Hutton's consobrinus...". In a [2006 paper], a different researcher referred to beelbebroxi as "Gray brotula" as well. So it seems like Grey brotula is now taken to mean B. beeblebroxi, or at least is ambiguous.

There's no official governance of common names, but I'd suggest renaming this article Bidenichthys colobrinus, with Gray brotula redirecting to B. beeblebroxi, or perhaps a disambiguity page.

Agyle (talk) 14:12, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]