Etymology Pages 'G'
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| galaxias |
Milky,
also spotted. |
| gambiensis |
From the Gambia River in Africa. |
garbei
|
Named in honour of Mr.Ernesto Garbe. |
| geayi |
After a personal name. |
| geoffroy |
Dedicated to Dr.Étienne Geoffroy
Saint-Hilaire. |
geryi
|
In honour of Dr. Jacques Gery, a noted authority
on Characoids. |
| gibbiceps |
With a hump on the head. |
| gibbosus |
Humped-backed. |
| gigas |
Latin meaning Giant |
| glanis |
The name of a kind of fish. |
goeldi
|
In honour of Goeld. |
| gomezi |
Named in honour of Dr.Juan Antonio Gómez. |
| gossei |
In honour of Dr.Jean-Pierre Gosse. |
gracilis
|
Graceful; slender. |
| grandiops |
Grandis:
from the Latin meaning large or big, and ops meaning eye,
a reference to the large eye. |
| grandis |
Grown
large. |
| granulus |
Named after the nature of skin with granules. |
| grenfelli |
After a personal name. |
greshoffi
|
This Synodontis was named after
its collector, M.A. Greshoff. |
| griseus |
From the Latin griseus = ‘grey’,
alluding to the colour of the species. |
| guahiborum |
Named for the Guahibo, a tribe of people
inhabiting parts of southern Venezuela and western Colombia for
the help some members of the tribe provided in collecting specimens
(H.guahiborum) in the upper Río Ventuari. |
| guapore |
Named after Rio Guapore, where this Corydoras
was collected. |
| guatemalensis |
From Guatemala. |
| guentheri |
In honour of Albert C. L. G. Guenther, the
German ichthyologist, (1830-1914). |
| guianensis |
Named after the Guianas. |
| gulare |
Pertaining to the throat. |
| guttata/us |
Spotted, (with drop-shaped spots.) |
| gyrinus |
(jie-wren´-us) means tadpole. |
