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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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