Talk:Niobichthys ferrarisi

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FishBase, used as a reference in this article, does not use initials when citing authorities for this species; neither does Catalog of Fishes, another major fish database which FishBase itself very often uses as a reference regarding taxonomy & nomenclature (Niobichthys ferrarisi Schaefer & Provenzano 1998).
From the WP article on author citation:

"If the same surname is common to more than one author, initials are sometimes given" but "not all animal groups / databases use this convention" and "it should be noted that in the examples given in the Code and also the ICZN Official Lists and Indexes, initials are not used". XenoVon (talk) 13:09, 12 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

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