Talk:Plectorhinchus pica

Requested move 28 April 2021[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 21:24, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Plectorhinchus picus → Plectorhinchus pica – picus is the specific name used by Fishbase, which wikipedia follows, but the name should be pica which is a noun meaning "magpie" rather than an adjective, Catalog of Fishes, Fishes of Australia and ETYFish all use pica and ETYFish says of the specific name "magpie, probably referring to black-and-white color of juveniles, similar to the color of the European Magpie, Pica pica [often incorrectly treated as an adjective and misspelled picus]", so when the genus was change from Diagramma to Plectorhinchus the specific name should not have changed gender Quetzal1964 (talk) 15:16, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:17, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Quetzal1964: queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:20, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Move - This seems a reasonable rationale to deviate from FishBase. Adherence to FishBase is a rule of thumb, not an unbreakable rule. William Avery (talk) 20:35, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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