The specific name is
in honour of the young ichthyologist and our best friend
Mr. Chu Hoang Nam. The species name is a noun in genitive
case (Euchiloglanis nami).
nandae
The
specific name nandae honours Maria Fernanda Boaz Lehmann,
daughter of the first author of this paper and affectionately
known as “Nanda”. A noun in genitive.
nanodon
Name from
the Greek nano, meaning reduced, and odon, meaning teeth.
nanus
Dwarf.
napoensis
Named after Napo, one
of the regions from which it was collected.
narcissus
Named
after Narcissus, son of the Greek river god, Kephise.
According to Greek mythology, a young man named Narcissus
was so fascinated when he looked into still water that
he fell in love with the beauty of his own reflection.
nasus
A nose; a nozzle.
natalensis
Named
after the the Province of Natal in South Africa.
nattereri
In honour of Johann
Natterer, the Austrian collector.
nauticus
Named
after the type locality, the town of Nauta, located on
the north bank of the major Upper Amazonian tributary.
nebulosa/us
Clouded, dark or mottled.
negro
After
the River in Bolivia where this Corydoras species
was found.
nelsoni
Named for Douglas Nelson,
for his dedicated service to the ichthyological commnunity
since 1983 as Collection Manager of Fishes, University
of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
nettoferreirai
The
epithet specific niettoferreirai, is a tribute to ichthyologist
Dr. André Luiz Netto Ferreira, of the University
of São Paulo - Brazil, by their large contributions
to the South American Ichthyology.
neumanni
In honour of Neumann.
ngouniensis
Specific
name referring to the Ngounié River basin, its
type locality.
nheengatu
The specific epithet,
nheengatu, honours the indigenous people of the Amazon.
Nheengatu is known as the general language of the Amazon
that helped create the cultural identity of the largest
Brazilian region. In the nineteenth century Nheengatu
was the most commonly spoken language in the Amazon region,
in both small and large cities (e.g., Belém, Manaus,
Macapá, Santarém, Tefé, and Óbidos).
Currently, Nheengatu is being rescued in indigenous schools
of the lower rio Tapajós basin. A noun in apposition.
nicaraguense/is
From
Lake Nicaragua and or from Nicaragua.
niceforoi
H. niceforoi was
described by Fowler (1943), who used them to honour Brother
Nicéforo Maria. Brother Nicéforo was then
at the La Salle Institute in Bogota, Colombia, and he
shipped many Colombian fish specimens to Fowler at Philadelphia's
Academy of Natural Sciences in 1931 and 1932.
nickeriensis
From
the Nickerie River, Suriname.
niger
From the Niger River
or to have a black body colour.
nigra
The
specific name nigra, is a Latin reference to the dark
colour pattern of this species (Tatia)
nigricauda
Black tail.
nigrita
Blackened.
nigriventris
Black belly.
nigrocollaris
Black
collar.
nigrodigitatus
Black fingered.
nigrolineatus
Black
lines.
nigromaculatus
Black spots.
nigripinnis
Black
fin.
nigrirostrum
Black nose.
nijsseni
Named
in honour of Dr. Han Nijssen.
nilotica/us
From the Nile River.
nitidus
Glittering;
bright.
nix
From the Latin nix
meaning snow, alluding to the colour: in dark individuals
the dots look like falling snowflakes, while pale individuals
look like they have the whole body covered by snow; treated
as a noun in apposition.
njassae
From
Lake Malawi.
noelkempffi
Named after Mr Noel
Kempff Mercardo, who was engaged in the protection of
wildlife in Bolivia and was killed by the Mafia in 1986.
nocturnus
Nocturnus
meaning nocturnal, referring to the dark coloration.
normani
In honour of John Roxburgh
Norman, British ichthyologist (1898-1944).
notatus
Marked,
(with a spot, usually).
notialis
From the Greek notos,
meaning southern, in reference to the distribution of
this species (southern Borneo).
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