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Genus Names A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| lacerdai | Dedicated to Mr. Marco T.C. Lacerda. |
| lacerta | Latin for lizard, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to the lizard-like appearance (Kronichthys lacerta). |
| laevis | From the Latin laevis, meaning smooth, in reference to the entrire (unnotched) anteroventral margin of the opercle in this species (Gogangra laevis). |
| laeviuscula | Smoother, referring to its smoother body compared to Loricariichthys acutus and L. maculatus, its presumed congeners at the time (Pseudoloricaria laeviuscula) |
| laevior | Latin for smoother, perhaps referring to scutes “posteriorly moderately hispid, smoother anteriorly”, (Hisonotus laevior). |
| lakoi | Dedicated to Mr. Carlos Lako. |
| lamarrii | In honour of explorer-naturalist August Lamarre-Picquot (1785-1873, also spelled Lamare-Picquot), who collected type (Sperata lamarrii). |
| lamberti | In honour of Mr. Lambertus van Tuijl. |
| lanceolata | Lance-like, spear-like; armed with a pointed weapon. |
| landoni | In honour of American businessman and philanthropist Hugh McKennan Landon (1867–1947), who helped finance expedition during which holotype was collected (Hemiancistrus landoni). |
| lapillicola | Lapillus, pebble; colere, to dwell, referring to the substrate of its habitat, including gravel and rounded stones (Pseudolaguvia lapillicola). |
| laplatae | Of the La Plata River basin, Argentina, type locality (also occurs in Uruguay), (Hypostomus laplatae). |
| larai | In honour of Rodolpho Lara Campos, sponsor of expedition that collected type (Bunocephalus larai). |
| lata | Latin for wide or broad, presumably referring to its greatly depressed body, wider than it is high (Loricaria lata). |
| lateristriga | Side streak, or stripe. |
| latifrons | latus (L.), wide or broad; frons (L.), forehead, referring to its particularly large interorbital space (Hypostomus latifrons). |
| laticeps | Broad head. |
| latidens | latus, wide; dens, teeth, referring to wider teeth on outer row of premaxillary compared to the similar A. trifasciatus, (Astroblepus latidens). |
| latiscutatus | latis, broad; scutatus, shielded, referring to occipital process broader than long (Carlarius latiscutus). |
| latirostris | latus, wide; rostris, snout, referring to its rounded snout, measuring half the length of its head (Rineloricaria latirostris). |
| latus | From the Latin latus = 'broad', alluding to the dimensions of this species. |
| laukidi | Local Arawak name for this species in Guyana (Rhamdia laukidi). |
| laurafabianae | Named to honour the co-author, Armando Ortega-Lara’s daughter, Laura Fabiana (Panaque nigrolineatus laurafabianae). |
| leerii | Named in honour of Leer. |
| leiacanthus | With smooth spines. |
| leightoni | In honour of British soldier Bryan Leighton (1868–1919), who “presented” holotype to the British Museum (Natural History), (Sturisomatichthys leightoni). |
| lentiginosa | Latin for full of freckles, referring to the colour pattern on top of head and snout (Proloricaria lentiginosa). |
| leoni | Named to honour our fallen colleague, Ing. RNR Oscar León Mata (1964-2018), who collected the holotype and dedicated much of his too-short life to Venezuelan ichthyology. Oscar collected the type series of this new species and was invaluable during many of the expeditions to Venezuela, which would not have succeeded without him. He is sorely missed by his family and friends. |
| leopardus | Leopard-like, (a reference to the colour). |
| leporhinus | lepo-, from lepis (L.), hare or rabbit; rhinós (Gr.), genitive of rhís, nose, referring to its “peculiar leporine snout” (Tenellus leporhinus). |
| leptacanthus | eptós, thin or slender; acanthus (L.), from ákantha, thorn or spine, referring to “small and slender dorsal and pectoral spines which are devoid of internal serratures” (Noturus leptacanthus). |
| leptonotacanthus | leptos, thin; notos, back; acanthus, spine, referring to its slender dorsal spine (Jayaramichthys leptonotacanthus). |
| leptorhynchus | From the Greek leptos (slender) and rhynchos (snout), in reference to the relatively slender snout of this species. |
| leptos | Fine or thin, referring to extremely elongate body (Acentronichthys leptos). |
| leptosoma | Slender or delicate body. |
| lepturus | Derived from the Greek word leptos = thin, and the Greek suffix -ouros (which is derived from the Greek word oura = tail). |
| leucofrenatus | White and bridled, referring to yellow pair of lines running dorsally on head from tip of snout to dorsal rim of orbit (Hisonotus leucofrenatus). |
| leucomelus | White and black. |
| leucophasis | leucos, white; phasis, appearance, referring to its “remarkable” colouring, “the head and fore-part of the body being bright silky-white above” (Mystus leucophasis). |
| leucorhynchus | leuco-, white; rhynchus, snout, referring to the white end of muzzle (Pseudobagarius leucorhynchus). |
| leucostictus | leukos, white; stictus, spotted, referring to “pure white dots” scattered over entire body and over all the fins (Ancistrus leucostictus). |
| levis | Smooth. |
| lica | Apparent latinisation of lika, Malay name for this catfish in Sumatra (Bagarius lica). |
| lima | Meaning a file in Latin, refers to the ventrally exposed premaxillary tooth patch. |
| lineatus | Lined or streaked. |
| lineola | Latin for little line, refers to the short lines on the compound pterotic. |
| lineopunctatum | ineo– (L.), line; punctatum (L.), spotted, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to conspicuous black spots between dorsal-fin rays, which can be said to form a line-like series, and/or to “each membrane of the caudal, anal, pectoral, and ventral fins with a dark longitudinal line” and “many obscure black spots” on head and sides (on older specimens only), (Chaetostoma lineopunctatum). |
| linnelli | In honour of George Linnell, Essequibo Exploring Company, who provided Eigenmann with boats and crewmen for his expedition to British Guiana (Leptodoras linnelli). |
| liocephalus | Smooth-headed, from lei´os (Gr.), smooth, and kephal (Gr.), head, referring to smooth head, covered with soft skin (Clarias liocephalus). |
| lithoides | Neo-Latin from ei´dos, form or shape: líthos, stone, i.e., stone-like; “It is flat and clings to the rock, which it greatly resembles” (Lithoxux lithoides). |
| lithurgicus | Etymology not explained, perhaps derived from lithurgus, a stone worker, referring to its type locality, a waterfall, where it may use its sucker mouth to cling to rocks in swift water (Ancistrus lithurgicus). |
| llanero | From the Llanos of Venezuela. |
| longianale | longus, long; analis, anal, referring to longer anal fin compared to C. sinense (Clupisoma longianale). |
| longibarbata | longus, long; barbata, bearded, referring to the long maxillary barbel (Pimelodella longibarbata). |
| longibarbatus | Alluding to the long barbels (Trichomycterus longibarbatus). |
| longibarbus | Long barbels. |
| longicauda/ta | Long caudal fin. |
| longiceps | longus, long; ceps, head, referring to longer, narrower head compared to P. balayi (Parauchenoglanis longiceps). |
| longidorsalis | Long dorsal fin. |
| longifilis | From the Latin "longus" (long) and "filum" (filament), referring to the long barbels of this species. |
| longimanus | Long hands, (pectoral fins). |
| longipectoralis | Long pectoral fins |
| longipinnis | longus (L.), long; pinnis, Neo-Latin adjective of pinna (L.), fin, i.e., finned, presumably referring to its long dorsal fin, the base six times the distance between it and the adipose fin (Baryancistrus longipinnis). |
| longirostris | Long snout. |
| longissimus | Longest, referring to the relatively long caudal peduncle. |
| longiuscula | Diminutive of longior, longer, i.e., a little longer, referring to longer upper lobe of caudal fin compared to R. eriarcha (Rhamdella longiuscula). |
| loretoensis | From Loreto, a department in Peru where this Corydoras species was found. |
| loro | Brazilian common name usually given to pet parrots, referring to the Rio Papagaio (“Parrot”), Mato Grosso, Brazil, type locality (Araichthys loro). |
| loxochelis | From the Greek (loxos), slanting, crosswise, and (kelis), stain, spot, in allusion to the broken and oblique dark bars of the species. A noun in apposition. |
| loxozonus | oxós, slanting; zonus, unnecessary masculinization of zona (L.), band, referring to dark oblique stripe on body (Corydoras loxozonus). |
| lucenai | In honour of Carlos Alberto Santos de Lucena, curator of fishes, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia de Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (where second and third authors were students), (Trachelyopterus lucenai). |
| luciae | Named for Dr. Lúcia H. Rapp Py-Daniel, Curator of Fishes at Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, for her many contributions Neotropical ichthyology, particularly loricariid taxonomy and systematics. |
| lucipinnis | From the Latin, luci, meaning bright or clear, and pinnis, meaning fin in reference to the light patches found at the base of the black triangles on the rayed fins, especially on the anal fin. |
| lufirae | From the River Lufira drainage (Synodontis lufirae). |
| luisae | The specific epithet luisae is in honour to the Brazilian ichthyologist Luisa M. Sarmento-Soares, in recognition of her many contributions to the systematics of Neotropical catfishes of the subfamily Centromochlinae. A noun in the singular genitive case. |
| lujani | Named in honour of the former graduate student of JWA, Dr. Nathan Lujan. Dr. Lujan has led expeditions to some of the most remote regions of South America and obtained some of the most important specimens for the study of loricariid systematics specifially as well as South American fish systematics and ecology in general. |
| luna | Name references both the white colour of living individuals and an indigenous Amazonian tale in which the Moon, forbidden to marry the Sun, copiously cried. The Moon’s tears ran from the land to the sea, which rejected such a massive amount of water. Thus, these tears carved several river channels into northern South America, including that of the Amazon (Rodrigues, 1890), (Paravandellia luna). |
| lunaorum | Named in honour of the Luna family, founders of the village of Macurucu on the Orinoco near the mouth of the Ventuari. Their progressive interest in the development of Macurucu via promotion of scientific research in the nearby region has been indispensable to the completion of recent fieldwork. |
| lundbergi | The species name is dedicated to John G. Lundberg, in recognition of its seminal contributions to the systematics of pimelodoid and heptapterid catfishes, and for being an inspiring milestone in the first author’s career (Magdalenichthys lundbergi). |
| luniscutis | luna, moon; scutum, shield, referring to the lunate bony plate (occipital process) in front of the dorsal fin (Notarius luniscutis). |
| luteomaculatus | luteus, yellow; maculatus, spotted, referring to the yellow spots all over fins and body (Hypostomus luteomaculatus). |
| luteoreticulata | From the Latin luteus (saffron yellow) and reticulata (reticulated), in reference to the flank colour pattern of adult specimens (Cambeva luteoreticulata). |
| luteus | Latin for yellow, referring to its yellow-orange colour in life (Hypostomus luteus). |
| luzia | Devoted to "Luzia” = Lapa Vermelha IV Hominid 1; the oldest Homo sapiens skeleton found in America (approx. 11,000-11,500 years old). |
| lyra | Latin for lyre, referring to the postcoracoid processes, “curved, and the extremities dilated outwards, so as to present with the thoracic portion exactly the form of the Grecian lyre” (Physopyxis lyra). |
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