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| quadrimaculatus | Four spotted. |
| quadriradiatus | Four rays. |
| quadriscutis | quadus, square; scutum, shield, referring to the square shape of the bony plate (occipital process) in front of dorsal fin (Notarius quadriscutis). |
| quelen | Named after Abbe Quelen, who accompanied Quoy and Gaimard on their travels. |
| quilombola | quilombola (a noun in the nominative singular standing in apposition to the generic name) honours the Quilombola’s communities of the Rio Trombetas, also called Quilombos. Quilombolas are Afro-Brazilian descendents that escaped from slavery, or after abolition of slavery, that organized agrarian communities according to cultural, religious and geographic backgrounds in different areas in Brazil. The presence of large quilombos in the Amazon and, particularly, in the Rio Trombetas basin deserves recognition, as the first Quilombo fully recognised by the Brazilian government was in Rio Trombetas (Duque, 2009). They are eximious fishermen and profound connoisseurs of the dangerous waters in the Rio Trombetas, as well as important activists of the Quilombola cause in South America. |
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