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cacharas	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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