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Etymology Pages 'C'
callichthys Beautiful fish.
callopterus Beautiful Fins.
camelopardalis Meaning "Giraffe" pertaining to the reticulated pattern.
cameronensis From Cameroon.
canarensis From the district of Canara (or Kanara), Karnataka State, India.
carlae Named in honour of Mrs Carla Lindenaar-Sparrius.
carvalhoi Dedicated to Dr. Antenor Leitâo de Carvalho.
cataphracta/us
Armoured; mail-clad.
cataractus ( Collected from a ) waterfall ( stream.)
caucana/us From the Rio Cauca, Colombia.
caudalis Pertaining to the tail.
caudimaculatus
From the Latin cauda = 'tail' and maculatus = 'spotted' alluding to the spot in the caudal peduncle.
caudovittatus With a striped tail.
centromochlus From the Greek kenteo, meaning sting and mochlos, meaning lever or crowbar; in reference to the long spines. 
cervinus From the Latin cervinus = deer, alluding to colour.
chaperi
In honour of M. Chaper, the French collector.
cheveyi
In honour of Dr. Pierre Chevey.
chrysea From the Greek chrysos, meaning gold, in reference to the colour.
cirrhosa/um/us Fringed, ( with filaments or barbels.)
clarias Probably derived from 'clarus', meaning clear or shining.
claro From the river of the same name in the Mato Grosso area of Brazil.
clavipinna Club-fin.
cocama Named after the Cocama-Cocamilla Indians of the lower Ucayali and Marañon rivers
cochliodon
Spoon-toothed. (spoon-shaped teeth)
cochui
Named in honour of Mr.Fred Cochu.
commersoni
In honour of the Frenchman, Commerson.
comptus From the latin - ornamented or adorned.
congicum/us
From the Congo.
concolor
Uniformly coloured; of the same colour.
contractus A crowd; crowding together.
condiscipulus
From the Latin condiscipulus = 'schoolmate', alluding to the sympatric occurrence of this species with C.oiapoquensis with which it shares its colour pattern and location.
cooperensis After the Cooper Creek system, Australia, part of the Lake Eyre drainage basin.
copei Named in honour of Dr.Edward.D.Cope.
coppenamensis Named for the Coppenamensis River in Surinam.
coracoideus Like a raven, black.
coriatae
Dedicated to Mrs.Nery Coriat.
cortesi Named in honour of Dr. Abdon Cortés Lombana.
crimmeni Dedicated to Mr.Oliver Crimmen.
cristata
Crested.
crypticus From the Greek; Krypto = hide, cover, conceal; and the Latin -icus = pertaining to.
cultratus Knife-shaped.
cunningtoni In honour of Cunnington.
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