Named
for the Cácharas, an indigenous group of people
who inhabited the upper reaches of the Río Cácharas,
Norte de Santander, Colombia, type locality (Astroblepus
cacharas).
caecutiens
The
specific name is an adjective, derived from the pointed
posterior end of the adipose fin.
caenosus
From the Latin caenosus
meaning muddy or dirty, in reference to the muddy coloration
of this species and its preference for muddy habitats.
callichthys
Beautiful
fish.
callopterus
Beautiful Fins.
camelopardalis
Meaning
"Giraffe" pertaining to the reticulated pattern.
cameronensis
From Cameroon.
canarensis
From
the district of Canara (or Kanara), Karnataka State, India.
canastra
The name “canastra”
refers to the Serra da Canastra, a mountain range located
in the center-south of the state of Minas Gerais, which
houses the headwaters of the rio São Francisco,
where most of the specimens were collected (Hartia
canastra).A noun in apposition.
capetinga
The
specific name capetinga from the Tupi-guarani
dialect is in reference to the old and unused name of
São João D´Aliança municipality.
The name «capetinga» means white, or clear
water. A noun in apposition.
capitonia
The specific name capitonia
is an adjective of Latin origin, meaning "with head
great ".
caquetae
Of
Caquetá, Colombia, where type locality (Río
Orteguasa) is situated (Astroblepus caquetae).
carlae
Named in honour of
Mrs Carla Lindenaar-Sparrius.
carlae
The
specific name is in honour of Carla Simone Pavanelli (Universidade
Estadual de Maringá, Núcleo de Pesquisas
em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aqüicultura) for her
contributions to Neotropical Ichthyology.
carvalhoi
Dedicated to Dr. Antenor
Leitâo de Carvalho.
catus
Latin
for cat, referring to its cat-like whiskers (Ameiurus
catus).
cataphracta/us
Armoured; mail-clad.
cataractus
(Collected
from a) waterfall (stream).
caucana/us
From the Rio Cauca,
Colombia.
caudalis
Pertaining
to the tail.
caudimaculatus
From the Latin cauda
= 'tail' and maculatus = 'spotted' alluding to
the spot in the caudal peduncle.
caudovittatus
With
a striped tail.
cavatica
From the Latin cavaticus
meaning born or living in caves. In reference to the fact
that, in nature, this species is found in holes in lateritic
rocks, and the fact that it is likely that such holes
are where this species breeds.
cavia
The
species epithet cavia is presumably a local Bengali
name for this species in India (Glyptothorax
cavia).
celator
The specific name
comes from the Latin noun celator, meaning a concealer
or hider, and is used in allusion to its close similarity
to (and misidentification with) M. pulcher (Mystus
celator).
cenia
Comes
from the local name of the fish (sinia), (Gagata cenia).
ceratophysus
ceratos, horn; physus,
bladder, referring to two horn-shaped diverticula at terminal
end of swim bladder (Trachelyopterus ceratophysus).
cerinum
Name
from Latin adjective 'cerinus', meaning wax-colored; refers
to the yellowish coloration in life of this species.
cervinus
From the Latin cervinus
= deer, alluding to colour.
chaperi
In
honour of M. Chaper, the French collector.
chapini
In honour of ornithologist
James Paul Chapin (1889-1964), joint leader of the Lang-Chapin
expedition to the Congo that collected the type species
(Acanthocleithron chapini).
chappuisi
Named
in honour of French-born Swiss zoologist and biospeleologist
Pierre-Alfred Chappuis (1891-1960), who collected the
type specimen (Doumea chappuisi).
chandramara
Hindi, Chandragupta
Maurya, a king fron northern India, founder of Maurya
empire, 322-298.
charrua
The
specific epithet charrua is the name of the aborigines
that lived in the Uruguayan coast of the Rio de la Plata;
a noun in apposition.
chengduensis
The species is named
after Chengdu City, its type locality. The proposed English
common name is Chengdu Torrent Catfish.
chennuah
From
the local name of the fish, chennuah.
cheveyi
In honour of Dr. Pierre
Chevey.
chilensis
From
Chile.
christyi
In honour of Cuthbert
Christy (1863-1932), physician (specializing in sleeping
sickness), zoologist, explorer, and Director of the Congo
Museum (Tervuren, Belgium), who collected type (Microsynodontis
christyi).
chromocaudatus
From
chroma, latinised from of the Greek word khrôma
(xpwµa), meaning colour, and cauda, a Latin
word meaning tail. In reference to the presence of the
dark brown pigmentation in the middle of the caudal fin.
An adjective (Rhinotridens chromeocaudatus).
chromodontus
From the Greek chroma
(colour), and odontos (tooth), in reference to the reddish-brown
tip of teeth of this species.
chrysea
From
the Greek chrysos, meaning gold, in reference to the colour.
chrysolomus
From the Greek chryso,
meaning orange or yellow and loma meaning border, in allusion
to the colored band at the border of the dorsal and caudal
fins. A noun in apposition.
chrysostiktos
Derived
from the Greek chrysos (after gold), and stiktus (after
spotted), in allusion to the bright yellow spots present
in the living specimens.
cirrhosa/um/us
Fringed, (with filaments
or barbels).
claro
From
the river of the same name in the Mato Grosso area of
Brazil.
claustellifer
From the Latin claustellum
, meaning keyhole, and the Latin fero , meaning to bear.
Refers to the dark brown lines on the snout surrounding
a keyhole-like shape of light-brown base coloration. Treated
as a masculine adjective.
clavipinna
Club-fin.
cocama
Named after the Cocama-Cocamilla
Indians of the lower Ucayali and Marañon rivers.
cochinchinensis
Named
after the type locality in Vietnam of Cochinchina which
refers to the region south of the Gianh River.
cochliodon
Spoon-toothed. (spoon-shaped
teeth).
cochui
Named
in honour of Mr.Fred Cochu.
coila
Etymology
not explained, possibly latinisation of Kajoli (pronounced
“kway-la”), Assamese name for this catfish
in Rangbur, Bangladesh (Ailia coila).
colombianus
From
Colombia.
colombiense
Species epithet, colombiense
refers to the fact that the species is only known from
Colombia.
commersoni
In
honour of the Frenchman, Commerson.
comoensis
Named after the location
of the Comoé River, Côte d’Ivoirein
Africa.
comptus
From
the latin - ornamented or adorned.
congicum/us
From the Congo.
concolor
Uniformly
coloured; of the same colour.
congica
Referring to the origin
of the type material of this species, the Congo Basin.
contractus
A
crowd; crowding together.
condiscipulus
From the Latin condiscipulus
= 'schoolmate', alluding to the sympatric occurrence of
this species with C. oiapoquensis with which
it shares its colour pattern and location.
conspicuus
Referring
to its “conspicuous bold markings”
(Zaireichthys conspicuus).
cooperensis
After the Cooper Creek
system, Australia, part of the Lake Eyre drainage basin.
copei
Named
in honour of Dr.Edward.D.Cope.
coppenamensis
Named for the Coppenamensis
River in Surinam.
coracoideus
Like
a raven, black.
coriatae
Dedicated to Mrs.Nery
Coriat.
corantijni/ensis
Named
after the river system of the same name in Suriname.
cortesi
Named in honour of
Dr. Abdon Cortés Lombana.
cotylephorus
Meaning
sites for the attachment of developing embryos, refering
to the eggs hanging from the ventral area.
crassioris
Comes from the Latin
adjective crassioris, meaning thicker, in reference to
the relatively deeper body and deeper caudal peduncle
of this species when compared to a majority of its congeners
(Amblyceps crassioris).
crimmeni
Dedicated to Mr.Oliver
Crimmen.
crispim
The
specific epithet was given in reference to the Crispim,
known for the local tragedy-legend “Cabeça
de Cuia”. Having murdered his own mother, Crispin
was cursed and turned into a horrific aquatic creature
with a gigantic “cuia” (bowl-shaped) head,
condemned to perpetually wander the Parnaíba River
and only to be redeemed after devouring seven virgins
named Maria. A noun in apposittion.
cristata
Crested.
cristinae
Named
after the author's wife, Cristina Sabaj Perez.
cruziensis
After the Bolivian
Departmento de Santa Cruz.
cryptica/us
Derived
from the transliterated Greek kryptos, meaning hidden
or concealed, in reference to the close morphological
and pigmentation similarities of this species to congeners
and its previously unrecognised taxonomic distinctiveness.
cryptophthalmus
Hidden (kryptos=hidden)
eyes (opthalmus=eyes) and refers to the cave species lack
of eyes.
cuao
Named
for its type locality, Rio Cuao.
cucuhyensis
–ensis, suffix
denoting place: Cucuhy (or Cucuí), a Brazilian
district at the border with Colombia, type locality (Pseudepapterus
cucuhyensis).
cultratus
Knife-shaped.
cunningtoni
In honour of Cunnington.
curitiensis
ensis,
suffix denoting place: Municipio de Curiti, “land
of mists and beautiful sunsets” (translation), Departamento
de Santander, Colombia, type locality (Astroblepus
curitiensis).
cuspicaudus
Name from Latin 'cuspis'
for pointed and 'caudus' for tail, referring to its pointed
caudal-fin lobes.
cyclopus
Latinisation
of Cyclops, mythological one-eyed giants that lived inside
the volcano of Mt. Aetna (or Etna) of Sicily, alluding
to local reports that the Andean volcanoes of Ecuador
regularly eject a muddy substance mixed with fresh water
and large numbers of this catfish, which presumably live
in subterranean lakes beneath the volcano; Humboldt believed
these claims but they have never been authenticated (Astroblepos
cyclopus).
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