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| ETYMOLOGY
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macracanthus
|
Large
spined. |
| maculatus |
Spotted. |
maculosus
|
Spotted; speckled. |
| macrodon |
Large
teeth. |
| macrops |
Large appearance. |
| macropterus
|
Large
wing, (referring to the fins.) |
macrostigma
|
Large spots. |
macrostoma
|
From the
Greek makros, meaning long and stoma, meaning mouth; in reference
to the size of the mouth. |
| maculicauda
|
Spotted
tail : |
| maculifer
|
Carrying
spots. |
| maculippinis |
Spotted
fins. |
| madeirensis |
From a
geographical locality. |
| magdalenae/atum |
From the
Magdalena River, South America. |
| major |
Larger;
senior to another. |
| malabaricus |
From the
Malabar coast, India. |
| malayensis |
From Malaya. |
| mamore |
From the
Rio Mamore for this Corydoras species |
| mancoi |
For
the Inca Ayar Manco, coloniser of Cuzco, the “Moses of the
Peruvian Indians”, who, about 1100 A.D. led the exodus from
Tampu-tocco.” (Eigenmann & Allen, 1942) |
| mandibularis |
From the
Latin "mandibula" (lower jaw), probably refering to the
rather well developed mandibular barbels. |
| marapoama |
The specific
epithet marapoama is in reference to the county of the city in which
the new species was collected. It is treated as a noun in apposition. |
| marcapatae |
Named
for the type locality of this Ancistrus; Marcapata Valley, E. Peru. |
| marginatum |
Provided
with a margin (edge.) |
| margaritatus |
The specific
epithet is Latin for “adorned with pearls,” referring
to the dense white spots on the body. |
| mariae |
After a
personal name. |
| marmoratus |
Marbled;
mottled. |
marthae (1)
|
In honour
of Martha Ruth Myers, wife of Dr.G.S. Myers. |
| marthae (2) |
In honour
of Martha Elizabeth Sands. |
| meesi |
In honour
of Dr.G. Mees of the Leiden Natural History Museum, Germany. |
| megalopteryx |
From the
Greek megale, meaning large, and pteryx, meaning wing or fin, alluding
to its large pectoral fin. |
melanistius
|
From the
Greek melan = 'black' and histion = 'sail', alluding
to the dorsal fin. |
melanistius brevirostris
|
From the
Latin brevis = 'short', alluding to the shorter snout of
this subspecies. |
| melanogaster |
Black belly. |
| melanotaenia
|
From the
Greek melan = 'black' and the Latin taenia = ribbon,
fillet , tapeworm. |
| melas |
Black. |
| melini |
Named in
honour of Dr. Douglas Melin. |
membranaceus
|
Refers
to the presence of a membrane on the barbels of this Hemisynodontis. |
menezesi
|
This Aspidoras
sp. was named in honour of its collector, R.S. de Menezes. |
| mephisto |
The epithet
“mephisto” refers to the shortened name of Mephistopheles,
demon from the German folklore. Mephistopheles comes from the Greek
by the combination of three words: (me), a negation, (phos), meaning
light, and (philis), meaning loving, literally “not-light-loving”,
or the one who does not love the light, making allusion to the subterranean
behavior of the new species. A noun in apposition. |
| metae |
From the
River (Rio) Meta, South America.(Colombia.) |
| metaense |
The specific
name refers to the type locality, Meta River, a tributary of the
Orinoco River in Colombia and Venezuela. |
| micracanthus |
From the
Greek; mikros = small; akantha = thorn, prickle. |
| microcphalus |
From the
Greek, mikros = small; galaeus = helmet. |
| microgalaeus |
Small head. |
| microlepidogaster |
Small scales
on the belly. |
| micromaculatus |
From the
Greek, mikros = small; maculatus;
spotted. |
| microps |
Small appearance. |
| midgleyi |
Named after
Midgley |
| microstomus |
Small mouth. |
| mimulus |
Specific
name derived from a Latin word, mimulus, diminutive of minus, meaning
actor, given with reference to the mimicry in colour pattern with
Corydoras diphyes. |
| minutes |
Minute,
known for its small size. |
| miurus |
miurus
meaning curtailed, probably referring to the short appearance
of this fish (Noturus) |
| mojicai |
The epithet
specific mojicai, is a tribute to the Doctor José Iván
Mojica, Director of the Museum of Ichthyology of the Institute of
natural sciences of the National University of Colombia - Bogotá,
for his contributions to the knowledge of the Colombian Ichthyology. |
| moli |
Named after
Dr. Jan Mol for his contributions to the knowledge of Suriname’s
fishes. |
| morrowi |
For William
Morrow, who collected this fish. |
multimaculatus
|
From the
Latin multi = 'many', and maculatus = 'spotted',
alluding to the many spots on the specimen. |
| multifasciatus |
Many banded. |
| multipunctatus |
Many Spotted |
| multiradiatus
|
Many (fin)
rays. |
| muricata |
From the
Latin adjective muricata, meaning spiny (like a murex), in reference
to its elongate dorsal and pectoral-fin spines. |
| murinus |
murinus;
meaning mouse gray and refers to its colour. |
mystus
|
"Mystax"
meaning whiskered. Mystus was first used by Belon in 1553
to describe all fish with whiskers. |
