In honour
of P .B .N. Jackson, the Officer-in-charge of the J. F.
R. O. Malawi survey who collected the Haplochromis
species.
jacupiranga
The
species name, jacupiranga, refers to the type locality,
Parque Estadual de Jacupiranga, município de Cajati,
São Paulo, Brazil. Jacupiranga is also the indigenous
Tupylanguage name for a species of bird native to the
region (Penelope obscura - Cracidae), commonly known as
the dusky-legged guan, and comes from yaku (a bird) and
piranga (red). Treated here as a noun in apposition.
jaguar
Derived
from 'îagûara' in the indigenous language
Tupi- Guarani, which means panther, in reference to the
black dotted colour pattern on a clear background. A noun
in apposition.
jaguribensis
Hypostomus
named after this river location (Rio Jaguaribé
at Barro Alto, Brazil).
janeirensis
From
Rio de Janeiro or the State off.
jaracatiá
Indigenous name given
to a fructiferous tree common in the region. A noun in
apposition.
jerdoni
Named
after the ichthyologist T C Jerdon.
johnsoni
In honour of Johnson.
jantjae
Named
for the author's (Nathan K. Lujan) mother, nicknamed Jantje
prior to her emigration from the Netherlands, in deep
appreciation for her hard work and material and emotional
encouragement that promoted his professional development
and made his research possible.
jordani
Named in honour of
C. Basil Jordan, the American zoologist.
joropo
Joropo
refers to a collection of musical styles in the Llanos,
the Orinoco-basin - because Chaetostoma joropo
lives there.
julii
Named in honour of
a now unknown Mr. Julius.
jumbo
Pertaining
to the larger size and girth of this Parotocinclus
species against the rest of the genus.
juruense
This "pim"
(Brachyplatystoma) named after the river of the
type locality. Rio Jurua.
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