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SPECIES NAMES PAGE 'H'

Species (second name: a group of organisms generally resembling each other and capable of reproduction).

 

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habrosus Soft; delicate.
halbothi Named for Brazilian ichthyologist Dário Armin Halboth, an excellent field biologist and one of the first researchers to study the effects of bauxite tailings deposited in an Amazonian lake (lago Batata a floodplain lake located in the floodplains of rio Trombetas, Pará State) on fish communities. Before his early death, Dário Halboth dedicated himself to describe the ecological features of the fishes living in streams of Amapá State, Brazil.
hancockii In honour of M. J. Hancock, the English naturalist.
haraldshultzi In honour of Harald Schultz.
harti/ii In honour of P.N.Hart, the collector.
hasemani/ia Both generic and specific names are in honour of John D. Haseman, the American collector.
hasselti In honour of Jan Coenrad Van Hasselt.
hastatus Spear-shaped, (referring to the spot).
heckel/ii In honour of Johann Jakob Heckel.
hemicochliodon From the Latin hemi (half), and the Latin coclea (coch-) (spoon), and the Greek odon (tooth), in reference to the fact that the teeth are about half as spoon-shaped as those of wood-specializing members of the Hypostomus cochliodon group.
heokhuii In honour of Heok Hui Ng.
hera Specific epithet hera from the Latin hera, meaning mistress of the house, lady, or queen, in allusion to the larger size of the females relative to males. A noun in apposition.
hephaestus The specific epithet hephaestus is from the Greek, Hçaiostoç (or Hëphaistos), the Greek god of fire, metalworking, forges, and blacksmiths. Alluding to the red colour of the body and fins. A noun in apposition.
heterodon Different tooth.
heteromorphus From the Latin heteromorphus = 'different form' or 'different shape'.
heudelotti In honour of Heudlott, a French botanist.
histrix (hystrix) Meaning hedgehog pertaining to the spiny body.
hondae From Honda in Colombia.
hoplogenys With armoured cheeks.
huagi The specific name "huagi" is a tribute to the original collector of the species (Synodontis haugi).
humeralis With a cape for the shoulders.
humilis Low, insignificant or small.
hypnos The specific epithet “hypnos” refers to Hypnos (from the Greek ?p???, Ýpnos, which means “sleep”), the Greek god or personification of sleep, and the twin brother of Thanatos, the god/personification of death. The name makes an allusion to the fact that even though both C. hypnos and C. thanatos may present some similarities (in colour pattern), they are completely different in other aspects (general morphological pattern). A noun in apposition.
hypopthalmus With an eye-spot below, (under).
hypselopterus Deep or long finned.
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