Named for the State
province of Bahia in Brazil where this species is located
(Paratocinclus bahiensis).
bajad
Local
name for this catfish along the Nile River in Egypt (also
spelled bayad), (Bagrus bajad).
balayi
In
honour of French explorer and colonial administrator Noel
Eugene Balay (1847-1902), who collected type (Parauchenoglanis
balayi).
baliola
Named from the Latin
baliolus (meaning chestnut or reddish brown), after its
colour pattern (Rineloricaria baliola).
balios
From
the Greek adjective balios, meaning spotted, in reference
to the colour pattern of the new species formed by circular
black blotches.
bankanensis
From the Island of
Banka, (or Bangka,) Sumatru.
barbatus/um
Bearded,
alluding to bristles.
barbosae
Cambeva barbosae
is named in honour of the Brazilian ichthyologist Maria
Anaïs Barbosa, for her efforts to collect and study
trichomycterines from Santa Catarina.
barbus
The
specific name of barbus: latinisation of barbue,
vernacular among French sailors, probably referring to
its six barbels (unusual for a marine fish), (Genidens
barbus).
barnardi
Continuing the tradition
of naming species in this genus after directors of the
South African Museum, in honour of Keppel Harcourt Barnard
(1887-1964), who described A. gilli in 1943 (Austroglanis
barnardi).
barrae
Named
for the Rio São Francisco near Barra in Brazil,
which is this species' type locality.
basilisko
The Basilisk (from
the Greek, basilisko? [= basiliskos], diminutive of basileu?
[= basileus], meaning "little king") is a mythical
creature known as the king of snakes, which is often represented
with a crown on his head. This crown makes an allusion
to the three strong ridges at the top of head of the new
species. A noun in apposition.
bastari
Of
Bastar District, Madhya Pradesh, India, the type locality
(Clupisoma bastari).
bastiani
In honour of M. (probably
Monsieur) Bastian (no other information available), who
collected type (Synodontis bastiani).
batensoda
From
Schal baten soda, local name for this catfish in Cairo,
Egypt, meaning “the Schal [Arabic vernacular in
Egypt for squeaker catfishes in general] with the black
belly” (Synodontis batensoda).
batesi
In honour of Bates,
the English explorer and collector.
bathyphilus
From
the Greek ‘bathos’ (deep) and ‘phileos’
(love).
batmani
The name batmani, alludes
to Bob Kane's hero Batman of the comic adventures, which
had a bat shape for his symbol, referring to the single
W- or bat-shaped vertical spot on the caudal-fin (Otocinclus
batmani).
batrachus
From
batrachus, a frog; frog-like.
baudoensis
From the locality of
the Baudó River basin in Colombia.
beggini
In
honour of Chris Beggin for his financial support of this
research, ethical ornamental fish business practices,
and influence on the professional development of the first
author (Baryancistrus beggini).
belenos
From the Celtic mythological
deity Belenos, whose name means "the one who is shining",
an allusion to its iridescent colour in life" (Britto,
1998).
bellezaensis
The
epithet specific bellezaensis, It is a homage of the author
(Carlos A.
Ardila Rodriguez) to the municipality of
beauty, Department of Santander - Colombia.
benattii
The specifc name, benattii,
honours the late Laert Benatti for his humanitarian work,
providing fresh water from artesian wells to poor communities
in Brazil. Case is genitive.
beni
From
the Rio Beni, in Bolivia and Peru, South America.
beninei
Rhyacoglanis beninei
is named in honour of Ricardo Cardoso Benine, Professor
at Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio
de Mesquita Filho”, in recognition of his dedication
and remarkable contributions to the knowledge of Neotropical
freshwater fishes.
beninensis
The
specific epithet is geographic, in general reference to
southern Nigeria, where the types originated (Malapterurus
beninensis).
benjamini
Named in honour of
Marcus Benjamin, Editor of the publications of the United
States National Museum.
berdmorei
In
honour of Berdmore.
berneyi
After ornithologist,
F. L. Berney.
betabelardense
The
species epithet betabelardense ('beta', the second
letter of the Greek alphabet, and 'abelardense', Portuguese
word referring to people born in Abelardo Luz municipality)
is an allusion to the second new species described for
this area (Cambeva betabelardense).
bethanae
Named after the authors
daughter, Bethan Grant (Corydoras bethanae).
bicirrhis
With
two filaments, (or barbels).
bicolor
Two coloured.
bifidus
Latin,
bifidus = forked, referring to the posterolateral mental
barbels having two branches.
bifurcum
From the Latin adjective
bifurcum, meaning two-pronged, in reference to the two
evertible cheek odontodes characteristic of this species.
bilineatus
With
two lines.
bimaculatus
With two spots.
bifasciatus
From
the Latin bi = two or double
and fasciatus = striped, alluding
to the 2 stripes on the body.
birindellii
In honour of José
Luís Olivan Birindelli.
biscutatus
bi-,
two; scutatus, shielded, referring to the nuchal shield
divided into two parts (Auchenoglanis biscutatus).
bleekeri
In
honour of Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist Pieter
Bleeker (1819-1878), who reported this catfish as M.
keletius in 1853 (Mystus bleekeri).
blochi
In
honour of Marcus E. Bloch, German physician and ichthyologist,
(1723-1799). In 1794 he described Cataphractus punctatus
which is now Corydoraspunctatus,
the type species of the genus Corydoras.
bockmanni
Named for Flávio
A. Bockmann, in appreciation for his guidance and his
contributions to the knowledge of Neotropical catfishes.
bocourti
In
honour of Bocourt.
boehlkei
Named in honour of
Dr. James E. Böhlke.
boemia
Bohemian,
i.e., “one who lives unconventionally, chiefly at
night,” referring to its nocturnal habits (Tatia
boemia).
boesmani
Named in honour of
Dr. Boesman.
bolivianus
From
Bolivia; Bolivian.
bondi
This Corydoras sp.was
named in honour of the Director of Fisheries at Cape Town,
Dr.Franklyn F. Bond.
borelli
In
honour of Dr. Borell, the collector.
borneensis
–ensis,
suffix denoting place: western Borneo, Indonesia, type
locality (also occurs in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia
and Viêt Nam), (Hemipimelodus borneensis).
botuvera
The
name botuvera is an allusion to the occurrence of the
species in the municipality of Botuverá, Santa
Catarina, southern Brazil. This name is derived from the
Tupi-Guarani, possibly meaning brilliant mountain.
boulengeri
In honour of George
Albert Boulenger, the Belgian ichthyologist. Born in1858,
he took over Guenthers position as Director of the Ichthyological
Department at the British Museum during the 1880's. He
died in 1937.
brachylecis
Derived
from the Greek brachy (short), and lekis (plate or dish),
in reference to the relatively shallow midlateral scutes.
branneri
In honour of Dr. J.
C. Branner, the American naturalist.
breei
This
Corydoras was named in honour of Dr. Peter Jan Hendrik
van Bree.
brevianalis
From the Latin brevis
(short) and anus (here referring to the anal fin) because
of the short anal fin and the low number of anal fin rays
in the types of this species.
brevibarbis
With
short barbels.
brevicauda/us
With short caudal.
brevidorsalis
With
short dorsal.
brevifilis
With short filaments.
brevipinnis
With
short fins.
brevirostris
With a short snout.
brevis
short,
referring to short and deep body, shorter than Tridens
melanops, its presumed congener at the time.
brichardi
In honour of Pierre
Brichard, a collector in Burundi.
brieni
In
honour of friend and zoological colleague Paul Brien (1894-1975),
Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), a member
of expedition that collected type, and who was the first
to observe the behavior of this genus in the wild (aligning
their bodies along the stems of riparian grasses, feeding
on epiphytic microorganisms), (Belonoglanis brieni).
brittoi
Corydoras brittoi
is named in honour of Marcelo Ribeiro de Britto, a dear
friend and mentor, for his extensive contributions to
the taxonomy and systematics of the Corydoradinae. A genitive.
britzi
Named
for Ralf Britz, who collected some of the specimens used
for the description of this species, (Eutropiichthys
britzi) in recognition of his many contributions
to the knowledge of diverse groups of fishes and to the
fishes of Myanmar.
britskii
Dedicated to Heraldo
A. Britski.
brunnea
brown,
referring to “dark earth brown” colour in
life, brown spots on pectoral, dorsal and adipose fins,
mostly brown dorsal fin, and large irregular blackish
brown spots on tail (Tatia brunnea).
brunneus
Dusky, dark, tawny.
buchanani
This
sp. of Glyptothorax was named in honour of A. R. Buchanan,
of the Borneo Co.Ltd., who in 1935, made a small but valuable
collection of fishes from certain rivers of N.Thailand,
from which collections had not previously been made.
budgetti
In honour of British
zoologist John Samuel Budgett (1872-1904), who collected
type (Synodontis budgetti).
buettikoferi
In
honour of Swiss zoologist Johann Büttikofer (1850-1927),
Director, Zoological Garden in Rotterdam, who presented
type to the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie (Leiden,
Netherlands), (Parauchenoglanis buettikoferi).
buffei
In honour of J. Buffe,
Director, Eaux et Forêts (Waters and Forests) Service,
Dahomey (now Benin), “who witnessed the discovery”
of this species (Pareutropius buffei).
bufonius
Latin,
Bufo=toad, and latin = ius = comparing the colour pattern
of the holotype to that of a brown toad.
burgessi
Named in honour of
Dr. Warren E. Burgess.
burmanicus
Burmese,
referring to type locality at Salween, Burma (now Myanmar;
also occurs in India and Bangladesh), (Arius burmanicus).
burmensis
From Burma (Myanmar).
butleri
Named
in honour of W. 'Harry' Butler, who assisted in with the
collection of many of the paratypes.
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