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Amblyceps Blyth 1858 amblýs (Gr. ἀμβλύς), blunt; –ceps (Neo-Latin), headed, referring to head of A. caecutiens, “much broader and flatter” compared with Olyra (Bagridae)

Amblyceps accari Dahanukar, Raghavan, Ali & Britz 2016 accari (pronounced achchari), Kannada word for “surprise,” referring to the authors’ excitement in discovering a new Amblyceps species in the Western Ghats of India

Amblyceps apangi Nath & Dey 1989 in honor of Sri (an honorific) Gegong Apang (b. 1947), Honorable Chief Minister (and ex-head of fisheries) of Arunachal Pradesh, India, type locality

Amblyceps arunchalensis Nath & Dey 1989 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Arunachal Pradesh, India, where it is endemic

Amblyceps caecutiens Blyth 1858 Latin for blinding, i.e., becoming blind or nearing blindness, allusion not explained, possibly referring to its minute eyes

Amblyceps carinatum Ng 2005 Latin for keeled, referring to its long, low adipose fin

Amblyceps cerinum Ng & Wright 2010 Latin for wax-colored or yellow like wax, referring to its yellowish coloration in life

Amblyceps crassioris Vijayakrishnan & Praveenraj 2024 Latin for thicker, referring to its relatively deeper body and deeper caudal peduncle compared with a majority of congeners [appeared electronically in 2023 without ZooBank registration; dates to printed version]

Amblyceps foratum Ng & Kottelat 2000 Latin for “to pierce,” referring to its “pungent” sting

Amblyceps hmolaii Singh, Lalronunga & Ramliana 2022 in honor of Hmolai, a “famous” Lakher chief of Lushai hills (present-day Mizoram state, India), where this catfish occurs

Amblyceps improcerum Ng & Kottelat 2018 Latin for not tall or undersized, referring to relatively short caudal-fin lobes and adipose-fin base compared when nearly all congeners

Amblyceps kurzii (Day 1872) in honor of “S. Kurz, Esq.,” who collected holotype; probably German botanist and garden director Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (1834–1878) [Day also spelled the name as “Kurtz,” probably in error]

Amblyceps laticeps (McClelland 1842) latus (L.), wide or broad; –ceps (Neo-Latin), headed, presumably referring to its “head much depressed at the snout”

Amblyceps macropterus Ng 2001 macro-, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large; pterus, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν), fin, referring to its relatively large adipose fin

Amblyceps mangois (Hamilton 1822) latinization of Manggoi, local Gangetic name for this catfish

Amblyceps motumensis Abujam, Tamang, Nimasow & Das 2022 UNAVAILABLE; PUBLISHED ELECTRONICALLY WITHOUT ZOOBANK REGISTRATION -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Motum River, Siang River drainage, Arunachal Pradesh, India, type locality

Amblyceps murraystuarti Chaudhuri 1919 in honor of geologist Murray Stuart, Geological Survey of India, who collected holotype

Amblyceps platycephalus Ng & Kottelat 2000 platýs (Gr. πλατύς), flat; cephalus, from kephalḗ (Gr. κεφαλή), head, referring to its “strongly” depressed head

Amblyceps protentum Ng & Wright 2009 Latin for stretched, referring to its elongate body relative to other Indochinese congeners

Amblyceps serratum Ng & Kottelat 2000 Latin for toothed like a saw, referring to serrated pectoral spine

Amblyceps taretlokensis Arunkumar & Jajo 2022 UNAVAILABLE; PUBLISHED ELECTRONICALLY WITHOUT ZOOBANK REGISTRATION -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Taretlok River, Chindwin river drainage, Kamjong District, Manipur, India, type locality

Amblyceps tenuispinis Blyth 1860 tenuis (L.), thin or slender; spinis, from spinus (L.), thorn, referring to its short and slender dorsal- and pectoral-fin spines

Amblyceps torrentis Linthoingambi & Vishwanath 2008 –is, genitive singular of: torrens (L.), swift water, referring to its occurrence in torrential waters

Amblyceps tuberculatum Linthoingambi & Vishwanath 2008 Latin for warty or tuberculate, referring to its tuberculate skin

Amblyceps variegatum Ng & Kottelat 2000 Latin for “of different sorts,” particularly colors, referring to its mottled coloration

Amblyceps waikhomi Darshan, Kachari, Dutta, Ganguly & Das 2016 in honor of Indian ichthyologist Waikhom Vishwanath (b. 1954), Manipur University (Canchipur), for “outstanding” contributions to freshwater ichthyology in the Indian subcontinent

Amblyceps yunnanensis Zhang, Long, Xiao & Chen 2016 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: western Yunnan Province, China, type locality

Liobagrus Hilgendorf 1878 leio-, from leí̄os (Gr. λεῖος), smooth, referring to lack of vomerine and palatine teeth; bagrus, a catfish then placed in the group “Bagrina” of the family Siluridae

Liobagrus aequilabris Wright & Ng 2008 aequalis (L.), equal; labris, plural of labrum (L.), lip, referring to equal lengths of upper and lower jaws

Liobagrus andersoni Regan 1908 in honor of American zoologist Malcolm Playfair Anderson (1879–1919), who collected holotype

Liobagrus anguillicauda Nichols 1926 anguilla (L.), eel; cauda (L.), tail, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to adipose fin confluent with caudal fin, similar to confluent dorsal-caudal fins of anguillid eels

Liobagrus brevispina Xie, Cao & Zhang 2022 brevis (L.), short; spina (L.), thorn, referring to its pectoral-fin spine, shorter than dorsal fin, not reaching vertical line of dorsal-fin origin

Liobagrus chengduensis Chen, Guo, Wu & Wen 2022 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China, type locality

Liobagrus chenghaiensis Sun, Ren & Zhang 2013 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Chenghai Lake, Yunnan Province, China, type locality

Liobagrus chenhaojuni Chen, Guo & Wu 2024 in honor of Hao-Jun Chen (Linhai, Zhejiang Province, China), who assisted in the field survey and collected holotype

Liobagrus formosanus Regan 1908 –anus (L.), belonging to: Formosa (Taiwan), where it is endemic

Liobagrus geumgangensis Kim, Yun & Park 2023 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Geum River (Geumgang in Korean), Namyang-myeon, Cheongyang-gun, South Korea, type locality

Liobagrus huaiheensis Chen, Wu & Wen 2021 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Huaihe River basin, Henan Province, China, where type locality (Shihe River) is situated

Liobagrus kingi Tchang 1935 in honor of malacologist Sohtsu G. King (1886–1949, also known as Jin Shaoji), committee member, Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, which published Tchang’s study

Liobagrus hyeongsanensis Kim, Kim & Park 2015 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Hyeongsan River, South Korea, type locality

Liobagrus marginatoides (Wu 1930) –oides, Neo-Latin from eī́dos (Gr. εἶδος), form or shape: Liobagrus marginatus, to which it is compared

Liobagrus marginatus (Günther 1892) Latin for edged or margined, referring to white margins on all fins

Liobagrus mediadiposalis Mori 1936 media (L.) middle; adiposalis, scientific Neo-Latin for adiposal, presumably referring to high and long adipose fin centered on back between dorsal and caudal fins

Liobagrus nigricauda Regan 1904 nigra-, from niger (L.), black; cauda L.), tail, referring to blackish blotch and band on tail of small specimens and almost entirely blackish tail of adults

Liobagrus obesus Son, Kim & Choo 1987 Latin for fat or stout, referring to its plump body shape

Liobagrus pseudostyani Chen & Guo 2021 pesudo-, from pseúdēs (Gr. ψεύδης), false, previously misidentified as L. styani

Liobagrus reinii Hilgendorf 1878 in honor of “Prof. Rein,” who collected holotype, probably German geographer and natural history collector Johannes Justus Rein (1835–1918), who explored Japan in 1874–1875

Liobagrus somjinensis Park & Kim 2011 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Somjin River, South Korea, type locality

Liobagrus styani Regan 1908 in honor of Frederic William Styan (1838– 1934), tea trader and natural history collector in China, who “presented” holotype

Nahangbagrus Nguyen & Vo 2005 Nahang, referring to Nà Hang district, Tuyen Quang, Vietnam, where N. songamensis is endemic; bagrus, latinization of bagre, which, according to Markgraf (1648), is a Portuguese word for catfish used in Brazil (possibly first applied to the marine ariid Bagre bagre), often used as a suffix for catfish names

Nahangbagrus songamensis Nguyen & Vo 2005 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Gâm River (Sông Gâm) drainage, Vietnam, where it is endemic

Xiurenbagrus Chen & Lundberg 1995 Xiuren, referring to Xiuren River, type locality of X. xiuriensis; bagrus, latinization of bagre, which, according to Markgraf (1648), is a Portuguese word for catfish used in Brazil (possibly first applied to the marine ariid Bagre bagre), often used as a suffix for catfish names

Xiurenbagrus dorsalis Xiu, Yang & Zheng 2014 Latin for of the back, referring to unique position of dorsal-fin origin (posterior to vertical line at tip of pectoral fins) when compared with congeners

Xiurenbagrus gigas Zhao, Lan & Zhang 2004 gígas (Gr. γίγας), giant, the largest known species in the family (up to 164.5 mm SL)

Xiurenbagrus xiurenensis (Yue 1981) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Xiuren River, Pearl River drainage, Guangxi Province, China, type locality