Erpetoichthys

noun

Er·​pe·​to·​ich·​thys

ˌərpəˌtōˈikthə̇s

: a genus of fishes (order Cladistia) that contains only the African reedfish and is often isolated from the related genus Polypterus in a monotypic family

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from herpet- + Greek ichthys fish

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