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| rabauti | Named in honour of the American collector Auguste Rabaut. |
| rabdophorus | rhabdos: From the Greek meaning rod and phorus: meaning bearer in reference to the long filamentous extension of the uppermost caudal finray. |
| rachoviis | In honour of Arthur Rachow, the German ichthyologist. |
| radiolus | Meaning diminutive of radius, ray or rod, referring to its narrow, elongate appearance (Glyptothorax radiolus). |
| radiosus | From the Latin word 'radiosus' meaning rod, fin-ray; and '-osus', having the nature or quality of something, usually in fullness or abundance, in allusion to the many anal-fin rays; an adjective. |
| raimundi | Dedicated to a Mr. Raimund. |
| rambarrani | In honour of Harry Rambarran (1935–2022), then co-manager of International Fisheries, Inc. (Hialeah, Florida, USA), an aquarium-fish exporter that supplied holotype (Brachyrhamdia rambarrani). |
| ramirezi | In honour of Sr. Manuel Vicente Ramirez, the Venezuelan collector. |
| raninsus | Pertaining to frogs. |
| ranunculus | Meaning "Tadpole" and referring to its unusually flat head. |
| raonii | Named in honour of the Cacique Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapó people. Raoni is one of the most active indigenous leaders in the struggle to preserve the Amazon rainforest and indigenous peoples, being a solid reference for the fight for the conservation of the Xingu River basin for more than 40 years. A patronym (Scobinancistrus raonii). |
| rara | Latin for rare, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to its limited known area of occurrence: Xirang Village, Medog County, Tibet, below the main stream of the Brahmaputra River, (Glyptothorax rara). |
| rebeli | Patronym not identified but almost certainly in honour of Austrian entomologist Hans Rebel (1861–1940), first director of the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, where types are deposited (Synodontis rebeli). |
| regani | In honour of Charles Tate Regan, the English ichthyologist (1878-1943). |
| reinae | Dedicated to Mrs. Ruth Gisela Reina, Curator of Fishes at STRI. |
| reinhardti | In honour of Danish zoologist Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (1816–1882), with whom Lütken collaborated on many studies and who apparently collected holotype (Bagropsis reinhardti). |
| reinii | In honour of “Prof. Rein,” who collected type, probably German geographer Johannes Justus Rein (1835-1918), who explored Japan in 1874-1875 (Liobagrus reinii). |
| reisi | The specific name reisi was given in tribute to Roberto E. Reis, for his contribution to the neotropical Ichthyology and primarily by his studies of species of the family Loricariidae. Noun genitive. |
| relictus | From the Latin relictum (relic) in reference to the isolated geographic distribution of this species as the sole member of Stegophilinae present in a trans-Andean River basin (west of the Andean Central cordillera). The specific epithet is used as an adjective (Arhinoglanis relictus). |
| rendahli | In honour of Hialmar Rendahl (1891-1969), zoologist and artist, who described this catfish in 1922 as Copidoglanis obscurus, preoccupied by C. obscurus Günther 1864 (=Plotosus limbatus). |
| resupinatus | Latin for turned back (i.e., inverted or reversed), probably referring to reversed countershading, the lower half darker than the upper, an adaptation to swimming upside-down at the water’s surface (Synodontis resupinatus). |
| reticulata/us/um | With a reticulated pattern, or net-like design. |
| revelatus | First fossil of Corydoras found in Argentina. |
| reynoldsi | This Corydoras species was named in honour of Col. John N. Reynolds, U.S.A.F., who was helping to catch fish when the type specimen was caught. |
| rhadinurus | rhadinós, slender, lithe or tapering; urus, from ourá, tail, referring to its slender caudal peduncle. |
| rhadinus | Latinised from of the Greek paôrvôç, meaning slender. The name refers to the very slender TAA of this species (Glyptotphorax rhadinus) |
| rhami | Dedicated to Patrick de Rham (Lausanne). |
| rhantos | rhantós, sprinkled, speckled or spotted, referring to the tiny, randomly placed spots on body and head (Hypostomus rhantos). |
| rhegma | Greek for breach, referring to distinct notch (1/7 length of adipose fin) between dorsal and adipose fins (Mystus rhegma). |
| rheophilus | Which lives in a stream. |
| rhicron | rhís, nose; cron, Latinised from krótos, a loud noise or clap, i.e., a clapping nose, referring to “peculiar and distinctive” morphology of the posterior extensions of the nasal barbel, which form two roundish parallel flaps resembling clapping hands, (Rhicron rhicron). |
| ribeirae | Of the Rio Ribeira do Iguape basin, southeastern Brazil, type locality (Microcambeva ribeirae). |
| ribeiroi | In honour of entomologist Sydney H. Ribeiro, Zoological Survey of India, who collected the type specimen. |
| rikbaktsa | The specific name honours the Rikbaktsa (also known as Rikbakta or Erikbaktsa), a Jê-speaking indian nation, who formerly inhabited the area between the Rio Juruena and Rio Aripuanã in northern Mato Grosso. |
| ringueleti | From the Spanish word candombe, referring to the African derived rhythm that was popularised in the nineteeth century by black slaves in the República Oriental del Uruguay. |
| rivasi | In honour of Luis A. Rivas L. (no other information available), who collected fishes with Fernández-Yépez and assisted with the description of this species (Pterodoras rivasi). |
| rita | The specific and genus name rita: A vernacular name from Bangladesh, (Rita rita). |
| robbianus | –anus (L.), belonging to: Rev. Alexander Robb (1824–1901), Scottish Presbyterian missionary, who provided specimens from the “Old Calavar district of tropical Africa,” including holotype of this one (Synodontis robbianus). |
| robertsi | Named in honour of Mr.Tyson R.Roberts of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. |
| robertsoni | The specific epithet is in honor of Robertson Fonseca de Azevedo due to his large and constant efforts to preserve natural landscapes in the Paraná State, Brazil. Robertson faught to prevent unnecessary small hydroelectric power plants in the high gradient stretches along two main Upper Paraná River left tributaries, the Ivaí and Piquiri Rivers. |
| robineae | This Corydoras named in honour of Mrs Robina Schwartz. |
| robusta/us/um | From the Latin robustus = 'robust' or 'strong'. |
| rochai | Dedicated to Mr. Francisco Dias da Rocha. |
| rogersi | In honour of Walter Rogers. |
| romani | In honour of Benigno Roman Gonzalez (1913-1993), herpetologist, ichthyologist and Jesuit monk, who collected type (Duringlanis romani). |
| rondoni | The specific name, rondoni, (Hartia rondoni) is a patronym that honours Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon (Marechal Rondon), a military and frontiersmen who was responsible for the creation of Indian Protection Service (SPI), which was subsequently replaced by the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI). Rondon and Noel Nutels participated, together with the Villas Boas brothers, in the implementation of the Parque Indígena do Xingu. A noun in appostition. |
| roseopunctatus | roseus (L.), rose-coloured or pink; punctatus (L.), dotted or spotted, referring to its colour pattern (Hypostomus roseopunctatus). |
| royauxi | In honour of Capt. Louis-Joseph Royaux (1866-1936), who led the expedition that collected type and supplied indigenous names of the species collected (Euchilichthys royauxi). |
| rosae | Rosy; rosy-red. |
| rosei | in honour of botanist Joseph Nelson Rose (1862-1928), United States National Museum, a “student of the flora of South America” (Astroblepus rosei). |
| rostrata | The specific name of rostrata: beaked, referring to the prominent and deeply sculptured snout (Otothyris rostrata). |
| rostratum | With a beak or snout. |
| rotundiceps | rotundus, rounded; ceps, head, referring to semi-circular shape of head when seen from above (Zaireichthys rotundiceps). |
| rotundipinna | From the Latin rotundus (rounded) and pinna (fin or wing), an allusion to the rounded fins of this new species (Cambeva rotundiceps). |
| rousseauxii | In honour of French malacologist Louis Rousseau (note spelling, 1811–1874), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris), a “zealous traveler and skilled photographer” (translation); Rousseau was also a pioneer in zoological and anthropological photography (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii). |
| roxoi | In honour of Fábio Fernandes Roxo, Universidade Estadual Paulista, for contributions to the knowledge of Neotropical ichthyology; he also helped collect part of the type series, (Phenacorhamdia roxoi). |
| ruandae | Of Rwanda, where type locality (Kagera at Rusumu) is situated (Synodontis ruandae). |
| rudolphi | In honour of Rodolpho von Ihering (1883–1939), zoologist and fish culturist, who described this catfish as Plecostomus (Rhinelepis) microps in 1907, but used a preoccupied name (Plecostomus microps Steindachner 1876), (Pareiorhina rudolphi). |
| rufescens | Reddish, referring to the reddish-brown body colouration (Mystus refescens). |
| rufigiensis | From the Rufiji Basin (Tanzania) |
| rugimentum | Derived from the Latin ruga (crease), and mentum (chin), in reference to the presence of unculiferous skin ridges on the gular region. |
| rugosus | Rugose or wrinkled, referring to “glandular-verrucose” skin (translation), with warts (tubercles) on head, snout, cheeks, back, flanks and belly (Acrochordonichthys rugosus). |
| ruitoquensis | The specific name ruitoquensis is a tribute from the author, with love to his homeland, Floridablanca. "Pedacito de Cielo", (Sandander department), in its 208 years of foundation, typical locality of this species, where the author first captured it in 1955 (Lasiancistrus ruitoquensis). |
| rukwaensis | Named after the type locality, Lake Rukwa in Tanzania. |
| rutilus | From the Latin rutilus, meaning red, a reference to the orange fins in life and an allusion to the type locality (Red River). An adjective. |
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