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    Peter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl (11 January 1732 – 11 July 1763) was a Swedish-speaking...
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    Savigny, 1816 Pegea bicaudata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1826) Pegea confederata (Forsskål, 1775) Genus Ritteriella Metcalf, 1919 Ritteriella amboinensis (Apstein...
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    naturalist, explorer and orientalist Peter Forsskål with its type locality given as the Red Sea. Forsskål proposed Acanthuirus as a subgenus of Chaetodon...
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    Lutjanus aratus (Günther, 1864) (mullet snapper) Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) (mangrove red snapper) Lutjanus argentiventris (W. K. H. Peters...
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    family Siganidae too. S. rivulatus was named by the Swedish zoologist Peter Forsskål and published posthumously in the book Descriptiones animalium, Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica...
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  • RLTS.T75150150A75151154.en. Retrieved 25 March 2024. "Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 25 March 2024...
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    the Arabic name Djarbua in a draft by Peter Forsskål. The description could have been by either Forsskål or by Carsten Niebuhr but it was compiled by...
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    explorer, orientalist, naturalist, and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus Peter Forsskål with its type locality given as Jeddah. In 1801 the French zoologist Bernard...
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    Lutjanus bohar (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
    Swedish explorer Peter Forsskål by FishBase, but the Catalog of Fishes attributes as follows “Fabricius [J. C.] in Niebuhr (ex Forsskål) 1775:46, xi [Descriptiones...
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    Phronima dunbari Phronima pacifica Streets, 1887 Phronima sedentaria (Forsskål, 1775) (type species) Phronima solitaria Guérin-Méneville, 1836 Phronima...
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    ray was originally described as Raja lymma by Swedish naturalist Peter Forsskål, in his 1775 Descriptiones Animalium quae in itinere ad maris australis...
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    Platax teira (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
    by the Swedish-speaking Finnish explorer, orientalist, naturalist Peter Forsskål with its type locality given as Al Luḩayyah on the Red Sea coast of Yemen...
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    nigra by the Swedish speaking Finnish-born explorer and naturalist Peter Forsskål with the type locality given as Jeddah. The specific name niger means “black”...
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    1758) Synonyms Chaetodon argenteus Linnaeus, 1758 Psettus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) Scomber rhombeus Forsskål, 1775 Psettus rhombeus (Forsskål, 1775)...
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    Pelagia noctiluca (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
    (2004). "Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 September 2022. Petrus Forsskål; Carsten Niebuhr (1775)...
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    Hippopodiidae. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-04-26. v t e...
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    Plectorhinchus faetela (Forsskål, 1775) Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus (G. Cuvier, 1830) (Lemonfish) Plectorhinchus gaterinus (Forsskål, 1775) (Blackspotted...
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    observavit, the work of his late friend, the Swedish naturalist Peter Forsskål. Within Forsskål had described Raja sephen, now commonly known as the cowtail stingray...
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    trevally was first scientifically described by Swedish naturalist Peter Forsskål in 1775 based on specimens taken from the Red Sea off both Yemen and Saudi...
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    as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776) Hippopodius luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 accepted as Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776) Hippopodius mediterraneus...
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    Physophoridae. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Physophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-04-26. v t e...
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    Lethrinus nebulosus (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
    by the Swedish-speaking Finnish explorer, orientalist, naturalist Peter Forsskål and published in 1775 in Descriptiones animalium edited by Carsten Niebuhr...
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    "Muraenesox cinereus" in FishBase. September 2012 version. "Muraenesox cinereus (Forsskal, 1775)". Species Fact Sheets. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department...
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    Forsskål but the Catalog of Fishes attributes as follows “Fabricius [J. C.] in Niebuhr (ex Forsskål) 1775:46, xi [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål)”...
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    Scarus (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
    falcipinnis (Playfair, 1868) (sicklefin parrotfish) Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål, 1775 (rusty parrotfish) Scarus festivus Valenciennes, 1840 (festive parrotfish)...
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    Trachinotinae Genus: Trachinotus Lacépède, 1801 Type species Scomber falcatus Forsskål, 1775 Species See text. Synonyms Acanthinion Lacepède, 1802 Baillonus Rafinesque...
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    Siganus rivulatus Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775 (Marbled spinefoot) Siganus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Little spinefoot) Siganus stellatus (Forsskål, 1775) (Brown-spotted...
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    Orbicular batfish (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
    by the Swedish-speaking Finnish explorer, orientalist, naturalist Peter Forsskål with its type locality given as Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. This species is...
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    Acanthurus (category Taxa named by Peter Forsskål)
    (2014). "Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775 (Osteichthyes, ACANTHURIDAE): proposed conservation by designation of Chaetodon sohal Forsskål, 1775 as the type species"...
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    Linnaeus from China. Pehr Forsskål (1732–1763) was born in Finland and became a student of Linnaeus when he was 18 years old. Forsskål was asked if he wanted...
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