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Chirocentrus Cuvier 1816 chiro, from cheír or cheirós (χείρ, genitive χειρός), hand (homologous to the pectoral fin); centrus, from kéntron (κέντρον), any sharp point, referring to long, pointed osseous appendage at pectoral-fin base of C. dorab

Chirocentrus dorab (Fabricius 1775) Arabic vernacular for this fish [authorship often given as (Forsskål 1775)]

Chirocentrus nudus Swainson 1839 Latin for bare or naked, referring to what Swainson erroneously believed was a lack of scales (scales are small and easily lost)