Talk:Cirrimaxilla

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Requested move 29 December 2019

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The result of the move request was: Moved. (non-admin closure) Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:02, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Cirrimaxilla formosa → Cirrimaxilla – Monotypic genus. Looks like it's most commonly known by its scientific name rather than "Taiwanese barbel moray". — Hyperik ⌜talk⌟ 22:28, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose I have mainly come across the current name, as well as ITIS system's records — Preceding unsigned comment added by Less Unless (talk • contribs)
 * I'm not actually contesting its scientific name—I agree it looks like this species is known as Cirrimaxilla formosa. When there is only one species in a genus, the Wikipedia article is hosted at the name of the genus, per WP:MONOTYPICFAUNA. (I could probably have posted it as an uncontroversial technical request, but there's sometimes a bit of disagreement when it comes to placing articles at their scientific name vs. common names.) —Hyperik ⌜talk⌟ 00:32, 30 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Support Use the genus as the title for an article covering a monotypic genus and it's only species. Plantdrew (talk) 17:17, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:CONSISTENT; we programmatically move monotypic taxa to single names when we can (WP:MONOTYPICFAUNA), basically per WP:CONCISE.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  10:16, 3 January 2020 (UTC)


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