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| baderi | Dedicated to Mr.Herbert Bader. |
| bahiensis | Named for the State province of Bahia in Brazil where this species is located (Paratocinclus bahiensis). |
| balios | From the Greek adjective balios, meaning spotted, in reference to the colour pattern of the new species formed by circular black blotches. |
| bankanensis | From the Island of Banka, (or Bangka,) Sumatru. |
| barbatus/um | Bearded, alluding to the bristles on the cheeks of adult males. |
| barbosae | Cambeva barbosae is named in honour of the Brazilian ichthyologist Maria Anaïs Barbosa, for her efforts to collect and study trichomycterines from Santa Catarina. |
| barrae | Named for the Rio São Francisco near Barra in Brazil, which is this species' type locality. |
| basilisko | The Basilisk (from the Greek, basilisko? [= basiliskos], diminutive of basileu? [= basileus], meaning "little king") is a mythical creature known as the king of snakes, which is often represented with a crown on his head. This crown makes an allusion to the three strong ridges at the top of head of the new species. A noun in apposition. |
| batesi | In honour of Bates, the English explorer and collector. |
| bathyphilus | From the Greek ‘bathos’ (deep) and ‘phileos’ (love). |
| batrachus | From ‘batrachus’, a frog; frog-like. |
| baudoensis | From the locality of the Baudó River basin in Colombia. |
| beggini | In honour of Chris Beggin for his financial support of this research, ethical ornamental fish business practices, and influence on the professional development of the first author (Baryancistrus beggini). |
| belenos | From the Celtic mythological deity Belenos, whose name means "the one who is shining", an allusion to its iridescent colour in life" (Britto, 1998). |
| bellezaensis | The epithet specific bellezaensis, It is a homage of the author (Carlos A. Ardila Rodriguez) to the municipality of beauty, Department of Santander - Colombia. |
| benattii | The specifc name, benattii, honours the late Laert Benatti for his humanitarian work, providing fresh water from artesian wells to poor communities in Brazil. Case is genitive. |
| beni | From the Rio Beni, in Bolivia and Peru, South America. |
| beninensis | The specific epithet is geographic, in general reference to southern Nigeria, where the types originated (Malapterurus beninensis). |
| benjamini | Named in honour of Marcus Benjamin, Editor of the publications of the United States National Museum. |
| berdmorei | In honour of Berdmore. |
| berneyi | After ornithologist, F. L. Berney. |
| bethanae | Named after the authors daughter, Bethan Grant (Corydoras bethanae). |
| bicirrhis | With two filaments, (or barbels). |
| bicolor | Two coloured. |
| bifurcum | From the Latin adjective bifurcum, meaning two-pronged, in reference to the two evertible cheek odontodes characteristic of this species. |
| bilineatus | With two lines. |
| bimaculatus | With two spots. |
| bifasciatus | From the Latin bi = ‘two’ or ‘double’ and fasciatus = ‘striped’, alluding to the 2 stripes on the body. |
| birindellii | In honour of José Luís Olivan Birindelli. |
| bleekeri | Named after Pieter Bleeker. |
| blochi | In honour of Marcus E. Bloch, German physician and ichthyologist, (1723-1799). In 1794 he described Cataphractus punctatus which is now Corydoras punctatus, the type species of the genus Corydoras. |
| bockmanni | Named for Flávio A. Bockmann, in appreciation for his guidance and his contributions to the knowledge of Neotropical catfishes. |
| bocourti | In honour of Bocourt. |
| boehlkei | Named in honour of Dr. James E. Böhlke. |
| boesmani | Named in honour of Dr. Boesman. |
| bolivianus | From Bolivia; Bolivian. |
| bondi | This Corydoras sp.was named in honour of the Director of Fisheries at Cape Town, Dr.Franklyn F. Bond. |
| borelli | In honour of Dr. Borell, the collector. |
| botuvera | The name botuvera is an allusion to the occurrence of the species in the municipality of Botuverá, Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. This name is derived from the Tupi-Guarani, possibly meaning brilliant mountain. |
| boulengeri | In honour of George Albert Boulenger, the Belgian ichthyologist. Born in1858, he took over Guenthers position as Director of the Ichthyological Department at the British Museum during the 1880's. He died in 1937. |
| brachylecis | Derived from the Greek brachy (short), and lekis (plate or dish), in reference to the relatively shallow midlateral scutes. |
| branneri | In honour of Dr. J. C. Branner, the American naturalist. |
| breei | This Corydoras was named in honour of Dr. Peter Jan Hendrik van Bree. |
| brevianalis | From the Latin brevis (short) and anus (here referring to the anal fin) because of the short anal fin and the low number of anal fin rays in the types of this species. |
| brevibarbis | With short barbels. |
| brevicauda | With short caudal. |
| brevidorsalis | With short dorsal. |
| brevifilis | With short filaments. |
| brevipinnis | With short fins. |
| brevirostris | With a short snout. |
| brevis | Short. |
| brichardi | In honour of Pierre Brichard, a collector in Burundi. |
| brittoi | Corydoras brittoi is named in honour of Marcelo Ribeiro de Britto, a dear friend and mentor, for his extensive contributions to the taxonomy and systematics of the Corydoradinae. A genitive. |
| britzi | Named for Ralf Britz, who collected some of the specimens used for the description of this species, (Eutropiichthys britzi) in recognition of his many contributions to the knowledge of diverse groups of fishes and to the fishes of Myanmar. |
| britskii | Dedicated to Heraldo A. Britski. |
| brunneus | Dusky, dark, tawny. |
| buchanani | This sp. of Glyptothorax was named in honour of A. R. Buchanan, of the Borneo Co.Ltd., who in 1935, made a small but valuable collection of fishes from certain rivers of N.Thailand, from which collections had not previously been made. |
| burgessi | Named in honour of Dr. Warren E. Burgess. |
| burmensis | From Burma (Myanmar). |
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