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| habrosus | Soft; delicate. |
| hadrostomus | Large-mouthed, from hadrós, well-developed or large, and stóma, mouth, referring to its “extremely large” oral disc (Baryancistrus hadrostomus). |
| hahni | In honour of friend and “fish connoisseur” Carlos Hahn (Corrientes, Argentina), for “many stimulating observations [via mail] on numerous fishes, from outdoors and aquaria” (translation), and for providing holotype from his collection (Farlowella hahni). |
| halbothi | Named for Brazilian ichthyologist Dário Armin Halboth, an excellent field biologist and one of the first researchers to study the effects of bauxite tailings deposited in an Amazonian lake (lago Batata a floodplain lake located in the floodplains of rio Trombetas, Pará State) on fish communities. Before his early death, Dário Halboth dedicated himself to describe the ecological features of the fishes living in streams of Amapá State, Brazil. |
| hancockii | In honour of M. J. Hancock, the English naturalist. |
| hara | Presumably a local Bengali name for this catfish in India. |
| haraldshultzi | In honour of Harald Schultz. |
| harenae | From harenae, the Latin word for sand, in reference to the sandy substrate characteristic of the habitat where the new species was discovered. Treated as a noun in apposition (Rineloricaria harenae). |
| haroldoi | In honour of Brazilian ichthyologist Heraldo A. Britski (b. 1934), Universidade de São Paulo, who loaned specimens, revised Garavello’s manuscript, and contributed many suggestions for its improvement (Parotocinclus haroldoi). |
| harti/ii | In honour of P.N.Hart, the collector. |
| hasemani/ia | Both generic and specific names are in honour of John D. Haseman, the American collector. |
| hasselti | In honour of Jan Coenrad Van Hasselt. |
| hastatus | Spear-shaped, (referring to the spot). |
| hauxwelli | In honour of British naturalist, explorer and bird collector John Hauxwell (1827–1919), who collected holotype “many years ago” (Loricariichthys hauxwelli). |
| heckel/ii | In honour of Johann Jakob Heckel. |
| hemicochliodon | From the Latin hemi (half), and the Latin coclea (coch-) (spoon), and the Greek odon (tooth), in reference to the fact that the teeth are about half as spoon-shaped as those of wood-specializing members of the Hypostomus cochliodon group. |
| hemioliopterus | hemiólios (Gr.), one and a half; pterus, from pterón (Gr.) or ptéryx (pt), fin, referring to half-rayed adipose fin (“pinnae secundae parte superiore radiata”), thus, when including the rayed dorsal fin, giving the fish “one and a half” rayed fins on its back (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus). |
| hemipeltis | hemi-, from hêmisys (Gr.), half; peltis, from pélte (Gr.), small shield, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to fontanel “not continued as a groove to the dorsal plate” (Nemadoras hemipeltis). |
hemiurus |
Half-tailed, from hemisys, half, and urus, from ourá, tail, presumably referring to its oblique, emarginate caudal fin, its lower rays usually less than twice the length of its middle rays (Hypostomus hemiurus). |
| hendricksoni | In honour John R. Hendrickson (1921-2002), Vice-Chancellor of the East-West Center, University of Hawaii, who was Alfred’s first teacher in ichthyology; he also helped collect type (Akysis hendricksoni). |
| henrici | In honour of Prince Henri d’Orléans (1867–1901), British-born French aristocrat and explorer, who helped collect holotype (Cranoglanis henrici). |
| henriquei | In honour of Capt. Henrique Silva (no other information available), who collected holotype (Farlowella henriquei). |
| heokhuii | In honour of Heok Hui Ng. |
| heoki | Named after the eminent scientist Heok Hee Ng, Singapore. who contributed much to the taxonomy of catfishes, (Mystus heoki). |
| hera | Specific epithet hera from the Latin hera, meaning mistress of the house, lady, or queen, in allusion to the larger size of the females relative to males. A noun in apposition. |
| hephaestus | The specific epithet hephaestus is from the Greek, Hçaiostoç (or Hëphaistos), the Greek god of fire, metalworking, forges, and blacksmiths. Alluding to the red colour of the body and fins. A noun in apposition. |
| hermanni | In honour of Ihering’s father, German-Brazilian zoologist Hermann von Ihering (1850-1930), (Hypostomus hermanni). |
| herzbergii | Patronym not identified, possibly in honour of Count Ewald Friedrich von Herzberg (also spelled Hertzberg, 1725-1795), a Prussian statesman who was one of Bloch’s sponsors (Sciades herzbergii). |
| heteracanthus | héteros, different; acanthus, from ákantha, thorn, referring to two kinds of spines on interoperculum: a group of ~12 slender but stiff and slightly hooked spines surrounded by a ring of long setiform spines (Lasiancistrus heteracanthicus). |
| heterodon | héteros, different; odon, from odoús, tooth, referring to its unique hare- or rabbit-like teeth (Leperocanthicus heterodon). |
| heteromorphus | From the Latin heteromorphus = 'different form' or 'different shape'. |
| heteropleura | héteros (Gr.), different; pleurá (Gr.), side, referring to “punctate” sides, “the chromatophores in the median area between the dorsal and anal gathered along the septa; a median series of chromatophores along the sides”, (Brachyrhamdia heteropleura). |
| heteroptera | hetero-, different; ptera, fin, referring to “unexpected variability” (5 or 6) in the number of dorsal-fin rays (Rineloricaria heteroptera). |
| heterurus | heteros, different; oura, tail, referring to truncate (vs. forked) caudal fin, “distinctly different” from its congeners (Akysis heterurus). |
| heudelotti | In honour of Heudlott, a French botanist. |
| hexanema | hexa-, six; nema, thread, referring to the three pairs of fleshy barbels (Laides hexanema). |
| heylandi | The fish is named in honour of civil engineer Herbert K. Heyland (1849-1944), who collected the type specimen and presented the specimen to the British Museum to be described (Kronichthys heylandi). |
| higuchii | In honour of Horácio Higuchi, Universidade de São Paulo, for his “groundbreaking contributions” to the systematics of doradid catfishes (Doras higuchii). |
| histrix (hystrix) | Meaning hedgehog pertaining to the spiny body. |
| hmolaii | In honour of Hmolai, a “famous” Lakher chief of Lushai hills (present-day Mizoram state, India), where this catfish occurs (Amblyceps hmolaii). |
| homodon | homos, same; odon, tooth, probably referring to teeth of the outer series of the premaxillaries, which are all bicuspid, or “more or less Y-shaped” (Astroblepus homodon). |
| hondae | From Honda in Colombia. |
| hoplogenys | With armoured cheeks, referring to 8-9 non-flexible, curved interopercular spines (Ancistrus hoplogenys). |
| hoppei | In honour of German civil engineer (hydroelectric power plants), writer and naturalist Werner Hopp (1886–?, note spelling), who collected the holotype (Otocinclus hoppei). |
| horai | In honour of ichthyologist Sunder Lal Hora (1896-1955), Zoological Survey of India, whose figured example (1950) of H. hara probably served as a basis of this species. |
| horridus | Latin for bristly or rough, referring to slightly keeled lateral scutes on body, each keel terminating in several small hooks (Aphanotorulus horridus). |
| huagi | The specific name "huagi" is a tribute to the original collector of the species (Synodontis haugi). |
| huaorani | Named for the Huaorani indigenous people inhabiting the upper Rio Napo of Amazonian Ecuador, an area within the range of this species; the Huaorani were largely uncontacted until the mid-20th century, and are now best known for their attempts to resist encroachment and habitat destruction in the Yasuni National Park south of Coca by foreign national oil exploration activities, both through diplomatic means and by force (Otocinclus huaorani). |
| humeralis | With a cape for the shoulders. |
| humilis | Low, insignificant or small. |
| hypnos | The specific epithet “hypnos” refers to Hypnos (from the Greek ?p???, Ýpnos, which means “sleep”), the Greek god or personification of sleep, and the twin brother of Thanatos, the god/personification of death. The name makes an allusion to the fact that even though both C. hypnos and C. thanatos may present some similarities (in colour pattern), they are completely different in other aspects (general morphological pattern). A noun in apposition. |
| hypopthalmus | With an eye-spot below, (under). |
| hypselopterus | Deep or long finned. |
| hypsiura | hypselos, high or tall; oura, tailed, referring to the thick (or high) caudal peduncle (Amaralia hypsiura). |
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