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Cyema Günther 1878 from kýēma (Gr. κύημα), that which is conceived (i.e., embryo or fetus), allusion not explained, probably referring to its having the “soft short body of a Leptocephalus”

Cyema atrum Günther 1878 neuter of ater (L.), black, referring to its uniform black coloration