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

 

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taeniatus Striped; banded.
tamboensis From the Rio Tambo in Peru.
tanganyikaensis From Lake Tanganyika.
tankei A patronym in honour of Andreas Tanke, a German aquarist very dedicated to the genus Panaqolus, studying its behavior, reproduction, and differences between known forms, keeping these fishes in the aquarium, visiting their habitats, and publishing his findings. He probably was the first to reproduce Panaqolus tankei in captivity. For his (successful) efforts to improve communications between aquarists and scientists to join their forces in an era of less and less money for research and an ever accelerating destruction of natural habitats.
tapanahoniensis From the Tapanahony river, Guyana.
taylori After a personal name.
temmincki In honour of C. Temminck, the Dutch physician.
tengara From the native 'ting ga rah'.
tenuis Slender or thin.
ternetzi In honour of Carl Ternetz.
tessmani In honour of Tessman the collector.
tetramerus Ancient Greek, meaning "devided in four parts", referring to the body pattern.
thanatos From the Greek thánatos, which means ?death?), the Greek god or personification of death, and the twin brother of Hypnos, the god/personification of sleep.
thayeria In honour of Nathaniel Thayer Jr., who sponsored Louis Agassiz on his expedition to Brazil in 1866.
thomasi In honour of H. S. Thomas.
thomsoni Named in the honour of Mr. Kay Thomson, who collected the original specimens in Villeta.
titan From the Greek Titan, son or daughter of Uranus and Gaea, representing brute force and large size, masculine (Lajun et al 2010).
tocantinsensis From the Tocantins river basin.
tolima The specific name is a noun in apposition and refers to the princess Yulima who was executed and martyred by the Spanish conquistadores, and to the Department of Tolima, where the type locality is located.
torosus Muscular.
thoracatum Armoured.
tigrinum Striped
tigrinus Striped as tiger.
trachycorystes The coarsely armoured one.
travancoria Named afer the Indian region of Travancore in Kerala.
treitlii Named in honour of Mr.Treitl.
trewavasae In honour of Dr. Ethelwynne Trewavas, at one time Curator of Fishes at the British Museum.
trifasciatus Three banded.
trilineatus Three lined.
trilobatus tri (latin) = three; lobes = lapet, lobe; lobatus (adjective) = with lappets, lobes; the caudal fin of this species has three lobes.
trimaculatus Three spots, one at the base of each lobe of the tail fin, and another at the base of the dorsal fin (Tenellus trimaculatus).
trinitatis Named from the type locality of the island of Trinidad (Ancistrus trinitatis).
triradiatus Three rays.
tropeira The specific name tropeira substantive in apposition, is given in honour of drovers who for many years traveled carrying horses and mules for the occurrence of species.
tropicanus Named in reference to the region of northeastern Australia that represents the species range (Tandanus tropicanus).
truncatus Specific name from the Latin truncatus (truncated), in reference to the relatively short head of this species.
tubbi In honour of Mr. J. Allan Tubb.
tuira Named in honor of a Brazilian Indian woman from Mebêngôkre/Kaiapó ethnicity who became a symbol of the resistance against construction of hydroelectric dams on the Rio Xingu.
tukano Named after the Tukano indians, a tribe that lives in the area of the Rio Tiquié.
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