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| ibirapuita | Named for the Conservation Unit ‘Área de Proteção Ambiental Ibirapuitã’, its type locality; noun in apposition (Scleronema ibirapuita). |
| iheringi | In honour of German-Brazilian zoologist Hermann von Ihering (1850-1930), who helped collect type (Pseudobunocephalus iheringii). |
| ilebrevis | A combination of the latin ile, meaning intestine, and the Latin brevis, meaning short, a reference to the relatively short gut of this species. |
| imitator | Imitator; imitating another. |
| immaculatus | Derived from the Latin adjective, immaculatus, meaning unspotted or unstained, in allusion to the colouration pattern of the species, lacking dots or spots. |
| incognitus | The specific epithet incognitus is in reference that recognition of the species was obscured by the assumption that Diplomystes chilensis also extended south of Maipo Basin. |
| incolicana | This Corydoras species was derived from the Latin incola='an inhabitant' and Icana, the river in Brazil from where it was found. |
| indigens | Name from Latin word meaning to need or want, in allusion to the lower number of anal-fin rays and gill rakers when compared to P. moolenburghae, the congener that it superficially resembles most. |
| inermis | Unarmed; defenceless. |
| infuscatus | Meaning darkened, referring to its dark-brown colouration (Erethistoides infuscatus). |
| inornatus | Not ornate; undecorated. |
| insculptus | Etched; carved. |
| insignis | Well-marked; distinguished. |
| inspector | Latin for "observer", pertaining to the large eyes. |
| intermedia/um/us | In between, (between two species). |
| interruptus | A break between; interrupted. |
| intrusus | From Latin, meaning intruded, in reference to the pre-maxilla projecting beyond the dentary, a distinctive character of the new species. |
| irwini | In honour of Irwin. |
| isaaci | The specific name isaaci was given in honour of Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker, for his studies on the family Loricariidae and especially on the subfamily Loricariinae (Rineloricaria isaaci). |
| isabelae | Rhinotocinclus isabelae is named in honour to Isabela Alho dos Reis, younger daughter of the senior author. Isabela is an enthusiast of biodiversity conservation and interested in aquarium fishes since she was very young. A patronym. |
| isbrueckeri | In honour of the noted Ichthyologist Dr. Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker. |
| itae | A tribute to Instituto Técnico Agrícola, Cáchira, Norte de Santander, Colombia, in existence for 55 years (Astroblepus itae). |
| iwokrama | In reference to the Iwokrama rainforest project in the region of Guyana from which the holotype of the species was collected. It is a noun in apposition. |
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