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nanodon	Name from the Greek nano, meaning reduced, and odon, meaning teeth.
nanus	Dwarf.
napoensis	Named after Napo, one of the regions from which it was collected.
narcissus	Named after Narcissus, son of the Greek river god, Kephise.
nasus	A nose; a nozzle.
nattereri	In honour of Johann Natterer, the Austrian collector.
nauticus	Named after the type locality, the town of Nauta, located on the north bank of the major Upper Amazonian tributary.
nebulosa/us	Clouded, dark or mottled.
negro	After the River in Bolivia where this Corydoras species was found.
nelsoni	Named for Douglas Nelson, for his dedicated service to the ichthyological commnunity since 1983 as Collection Manager of Fishes, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
nettoferreirai	The epithet specific niettoferreirai, is a tribute to ichthyologist Dr. André Luiz Netto Ferreira, of the University of São Paulo - Brazil, by their large contributions to the South American Ichthyology.
neumanni	In honour of Neumann.
ngouniensis	Specific name referring to the Ngounié River basin, its type locality
nicaraguense/is	From Lake Nicaragua.
niceforoi	H. niceforoi was described by Fowler (1943), who used them to honour Brother Nicéforo Maria. Brother Nicéforo was then at the La Salle Institute in Bogota, Colombia, and he shipped many Colombian fish specimens to Fowler at Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences in 1931 and 1932.
nickeriensis	From the Nickerie River, Suriname.
niger	From the Niger River or to have a black body colour
nigra	The specific name nigra, is a Latin reference to the dark colour pattern of this species (Tatia)
nigricauda	Black tail.
nigrita	Blackened.
nigriventris	Black belly.
nigrocollaris	Black collar
nigrodigitatus	Black fingered.
nigrolineatus	Black lines
nigromaculatus	Black spots.
nigripinnis	Black fin.
nigrirostrum	Black nose
nijsseni	Named in honour of Dr. Han Nijssen.
nilotica/us	From the Nile River.
nitidus	Glittering; bright.
nix	From the Latin nix meaning snow, alluding to the colour: in dark individuals the dots look like falling snowflakes, while pale individuals look like they have the whole body covered by snow; treated as a noun in apposition.
njassae	From Lake Malawi.
noelkempffi	Named after Mr Noel Kempff Mercardo, who was engaged in the protection of wildlife in Bolivia and was killed by the Mafia in 1986.
nocturnus	Nocturnus meaning nocturnal, referring to the dark coloration.
normani	In honour of John Roxburgh Norman, British ichthyologist. (1898-1944).
notatus	Marked, ( with a spot, usually.)
notialis	From the Greek notos, meaning southern, in reference to the distribution of this species (southern Borneo)
notospilus	With spots on the back.
nudiceps	Black belly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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