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Aphredoderus Lesueur 1833 áphodos (Gr. ἄφοδος), excrement; derus, Latinization of dérē (Gr. δέρη), neck or throat, referring to anterior placement of anus, just under head in front of pelvic fins

Aphredoderus gibbosus Lesueur 1833 Latin for very crooked or humpbacked, probably referring to its dorsal profile

Aphredoderus mesotrema (Jordan 1877) mésos (Gr. μέσος), middle; trḗma (Gr. τρῆμα), hole or aperture, referring to anus “about an eye’s diameter” anterior to its ventral fin insertion compared with more posterior vent of Asternotremia isolepis (=Aphredoderus gibbosus); Jordan later acknowledged that anus location is due to life stage

Aphredoderus ornatus Muller & Simons 2024 Latin for decorated or adorned, referring to black horizontal stripe on lower half of caudal peduncle and rear abdomen, unique in the genus

Aphredoderus retrodorsalis Muller & Simons 2024 retro- (L.), behind; dorsalis (L.), of the back, referring to insertion of dorsal fin behind apex of the back

Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams 1824) -anus (L.), belonging to: eponym not identified but almost certainly in honor of Gilliams’ good friend and colleague, American naturalist Thomas Say (1787–1834)