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[–] oce@jlai.lu 25 points 2 days ago

The name Obama is formed by a composition of the Tupi words oba (leaf) and ma (animal), being a reference to the body shape of species in this genus.[3] Unlike Baracktrema obamai, Tosanoides obama, and Etheostoma obama it is not named after Barack Obama and the similarity between the names is pure coincidence.