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SPECIES NAMES PAGE 'J'

Species (second name: a group of organisms generally resembling each other and capable of reproduction).

 

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jacksoni 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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