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| falcarius | –ius, adjectival suffix: falk, sickle, referring to both markedly concave dorsoposterior margin of dorsal fin and crescent-shaped humeral mark (Mystus falcarius). |
| fallax | False or deceitful; Steindachner was not sure if this species was merely similar to R. stewarti and Loricariichthys brunneus or conspecific with one of them (Rineloricaria fallax). |
| fasciatus/um | Banded. |
| fasciolatus | Diminutive of fasciatus (L.), banded, i.e., with small bands, referring to six vertical dark brown bars on head and body (Batasio fasciolatus). |
| faveolus | From the latin faveolus, after favus, honeycomb. In allusion to the colour pattern formed by the pale blotches with thin dark limits. An adjective. |
| feldbergae | Named for Dr. Eliana Feldberg, researcher of Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, for her many contributions on cytogenetics of Amazon fish. |
| felis | cat (i.e., catfish), manuscript name coined by Scottish physician-naturalist Alexander Garden (1730-1791), Charleston, South Carolina (USA), who sent fish skins to Linnaeus (Ariopsis felis). |
| feliceps | felis, cat; ceps, head, i.e., cathead, a variation on the term “catfish,” referring to cat-like whiskers (barbels) that give catfishes their name (Galeichthys feliceps). |
| ferruginea | This species (Pseudolaguvia) is named after its reddish-brown colour in life (Latin ferrugineus=colour of rust). |
| ferula | Meaning rod, referring to its terete (cylindrical or slightly tapering, and without substantial furrows or ridges) head and body, which makes it considerably narrower than congeners (Pseudolaguvia ferula). |
| festivum | With bright colours; gaily attractive. |
| filamentosa/us/um | With filament-like appendages, (on the chin, in some cases) or long filaments to fins. |
| filifer | From the Latin filum, meaning thread, and fere, meaning to bear. This is in reference to the filamentous extensions of the first pectoral-fin ray. |
| fimbriat/a/us | Latin for fringed, allusion not explained, possibly referring to the prominent but easily torn membrane along enlarged and paired inner mental barbels (Hypophthalmus fimbriatus). |
| fischeri | In honour of Steindachner’s “dear friend” (translation) W. Fischer, who provided a collection of river fishes from Panama, including type of this species (Chaetostoma fischeri). |
| fisheri | In honour of Fisher. |
| flabelliferus | flabellum (L.), a small fan; fero (L.), to have or bear, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to “fully developed caudal rays much diverging from a narrow base,” thereby forming a fan-like tail (Ochmacanthus flabelliferus). |
| flavida | This species (Pseudolaguvia) is named after its golden-yellow colour (=Latin flavida) in life. |
| flaveolus | Golden-yellow. |
| flavipinnis | Yellow fins. |
| flavitaeniata | Yellow stripes. |
| flavopicta | Painted with yellow refers to the characteristic colouration of this new species, with yellow marks over dark brown ground (Cambera flavopicta) |
| flavus | Yellow. |
| flexilis | Flexible; pliable. |
| flumendraco | Derived from the Latin words flumen ( = river) and draco ( = dragon), in allusion to specific local common name in Taiwanese dialect as “Ng-Gang-Ling” meaning as “Yellow River Dragon”, (Tachysurus flumendraco). |
| fluminensis | The specific name 'fluminensis' is from the Latin flumen meaning river, in reference to the ecology of Harttia that represents a group of rheophilic fish from the main channel of rivers. |
| fluviatilis | Of a river, presumably referring to the type locality, described as a “stream” (Batasio fluviatilis). |
| foveolatus | Latin for full of pits, referring to numerous flat-bottomed, circular pits or depressions on skin (Bathyclarias foveolatus). |
| fowleri | In honour of Dr. Henry Weed Fowler. |
| foratum | To pierce, referring to its pungent sting (Amblyceps foratum). |
| fordii | In honour of “Mr. Ford,” probably George Henry Ford (1809-1876), who illustrated specimens (including fishes) for the British Museum (Natural History) [in 1861, Günther named a snake after Ford, Epicrates fordii, praising his “truly artistical drawings”], (Pseudacanthicus fordii). |
| forficulatus | From the classical Latin word forficula, which is derived from the Latin word forfex, meaning a pair of shears or scissors. This is probably with reference to the long and serrated pectoral fin spines. |
| formosanus | Previous name for Taiwan. |
| formosae | This species is named formosae, (Chaetostoma formosae) an adjective in genitive case derived from the latin formosa which means beautiful, referring to the author’s sister, Laura María Ballen, for her unconditional love and support. |
| formosae | Of Formosa Province, Argentina, type locality (also occurs in Paraguay), (Hypostomus formosae). |
| formosa/us | Beautiful; finely formed. |
| fortuitus | The specific epithet is ‘‘fortuitus,’’ referring to the fortuitous aspect of collecting this one specimen at the type locality. The collector, D. Tweddle, sampled fishes at 36 localities in the upper St. John River drainage in Liberia and collected 69 specimens of Chiloglanis at ten of these localities. Additionally, the lot that contained C. fortuitus was one of the three lots borrowed by the lead author to aid with the description of C. tweddlei (Schmidt et al., 2017). The discovery and formal description of C. fortuitus is fortuitous in several aspects. |
| fossilis | Latin for digging or dug up, allusion not explained; according to Shaw (General Zoology, vol. 5, 1804), it is “sometimes dug out of the mud at the bottom, in the manner of [the cobitid loach] Cobitis fossilis”, (Heteropneustes fossilis). |
| frankei | Not a valid scientific name, but refers to Hanns-Joachim Franke, who first noticed the fish in the tanks of a Russian dealer. |
| frenatus | Bridled. |
| frieli | Named for John P. Friel in recognition of his excellent contributions to the study of African fishes. |
| frodobagginsi | Chiloglanis frodobagginsi is named after another diminutive traveler, Frodo Baggins, a fictional character well known from J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings series. Roughly 3,000 miles (4,800 km) separate C. frodobagginsi in the upper Niger River drainage and C. micropogon, the sister species, found in the Congo River basin. Another seemingly closely related species, Chiloglanis cf. micropogon, is found in the southern Benue drainage and in several small coastal rivers about 3,000 km from the upper Niger River drainage (e.g., Cross and Ndian Rivers). It is unclear whether these species are descended from a more widespread species, or the result of dispersal from the Congo River basin into the Niger River drainage, via the Benue River, and then up to the headwaters of the Niger River. This was an incredible journey for such a small and seemingly non-vagile fish. |
| froehlichi | Corydoras froehlichi is named in honour and memory of Dr. Otávio Froehlich (1958-2015), UFMS (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul), great teacher, and for generously sharing his knowledge with several colleagues, besides contributing to the development of LFCT as researcher and person. |
| froggatti | In honour of Austrian entomologist Walter Wilson Froggatt (1858-1937), “on whom the whole burden of collecting the zoological specimens obtained during the late expedition of the Bonito [which explored New Guinea] seems to have fallen”. |
| fuelleborni | In honour of Dr. Fuelleborn, a German army surgeon. |
| fuerthii | In honour of Ignatius Fürth, Austrian consul at Panama (type locality), who collected and/or provided type (Cathorops fuerthii). |
| fuliginosus | Latin for painted black or sooty, referring to greyish-black colouration with no distinctive markings (Hemiancistrus fuliniginosus). |
| fulleri | Described in honour of the owner of the online catfish page Corydoras World, Ian Fuller, and all the ongoing work he has accomplished to the sub-family Corydoradinae. |
| fulvidraco | fulva; means tawny, draco; means dragon. |
| funebris | funereal, i.e., clothed in black, referring to blackwater habitat and also referring to its uniform black colouration (Pseudomystus funebris, Noturus funebris). |
| furcatus/cata | Forked. |
| furiosus | Stinging spines in its pectoral fins, earn this fish the “furiosus” title that is part of its scientific name. |
| furunculus | Latin for a petty thief or pilferer, and is in reference to the dark band between the eyes that is similar to a bandit’s mask. Treated as a noun in apposition. |
| fuscoguttatus | fuscus = dusky, dark, swarthy; guttatus = dappled, speckled, spotted. |
| fuscomaculatus | fuscus, dark, swarthy or dusky; maculatus, spotted, referring to large and widely spaced black blotches on living specimens; in preserved specimens, the blotches usually fade to brown but stay evident for a long time under proper fixation and storage (Hypostomus fuscomaculatus). |
| fuscus | Dark or dusky. |
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