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Auchenoglanis Günther 1865 replacement name for Auchenaspis Bleeker 1858 (preoccupied in fossil fishes), auchḗn (Gr. αὐχήν), nape, and aspís (Gr. ἀσπίς), shield, referring to broad nuchal shield; glánis (Gr. γλάνις), ancient name for a silurid catfish (probably Silurus aristotelis) dating to Aristotle, often used as a general term for catfish
Auchenoglanis biscutatus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809) bi-, from bis (L.), twice; scutatus (L.), armed with a long shield, referring to nuchal shield divided into two parts
Auchenoglanis occidentalis (Valenciennes 1840) Latin for western, referring to its distribution (described from Senegal) compared with the similar A. biscutatus of Egypt
Notoglanidium Günther 1903 nṓtos (Gr. νῶτος), back, presumably referring to “rather long” dorsal fin of N. walkeri; glanidium, diminutive of glánis (Gr. γλάνις), ancient name for a silurid catfish (probably Silurus aristotelis) dating to Aristotle, often used as a general term for catfish
Notoglanidium akiri (Risch 1987) in honor of Pamela Jeanne Akiri (b. 1944), Rivers State University of Science and Technology (Port Harcourt, Nigeria), American-born biologist who collected type [presumably a noun in apposition, without the matronymic “ae”]
Notoglanidium boutchangai (Thys van den Audenaerde 1965) in honor of Honoré Boutchanga, technical assistant, Eaux et Forêts (Waters and Forests), Gabon, who collected holotype
Notoglanidium depierrei (Daget 1980) in honor of Daniel Depierre, National Superior School of Agronomy (Yaoundé, Cameroon), who collected holotype
Notoglanidium macrostoma (Pellegrin 1909) macro-, from makrós (Gr. μaκρóς), long or large; stóma (Gr. στόμα), mouth, its width ⅔ that of head
Notoglanidium maculatum (Boulenger 1916) Latin for spotted, referring to numerous dark-brown rounded spots on body and fins
Notoglanidium pallidum Roberts & Stewart 1976 Latin for pale or pallid, referring to its coloration
Notoglanidium pembetadi Vreven, Zamba, Mamonekene & Geerinckx 2013 local Kunyi name for this catfish, from tadi, stone, referring to rock-and-pebble habitat, and pembe, meaning unclear; authors selected name to “acknowledge that many of the new species discovered are already well known by the local inhabitants, and to express gratitude to the many children and fishermen who helped to collect the type series”
Notoglanidium thomasi Boulenger 1916 in honor of British anthropologist Northcote W. Thomas (1868–1936), who collected holotype
Notoglanidium walkeri Günther 1903 in honor of Robert Bruce Napoleon Walker (1832–1901), British trader and explorer, Royal Geographical Society, who collected holotype (but who “did not long survive the fatigues of this, his last, voyage”)
Parauchenoglanis Boulenger 1911 pará (Gr. παρά)-, near, referring to similarity to and/or close relationship with Auchenoglanis
Parauchenoglanis ahli (Holly 1930) in honor of German ichthyologist-herpetologist Ernst Ahl (1898–1945), who helped Holly study cyprinodontiform fishes collected in Cameroon
Parauchenoglanis altipinnis (Boulenger 1911) altus (L.), high; pinnis, Neo-Latin adjective of pinna (L.), fin, i.e., finned, referring to its elevated dorsal fin
Parauchenoglanis balayi (Sauvage 1879) in honor of French explorer and colonial administrator Noel Eugene Balay (1847–1902), who collected holotype
Parauchenoglanis buettikoferi (Popta 1913) in honor of Swiss zoologist Johann Büttikofer (1850–1927), Director, Zoological Garden in Rotterdam, who presented holotype to the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie (Leiden, Netherlands)
Parauchenoglanis longiceps (Boulenger 1913) longus (L.), long; –ceps (Neo-Latin), headed, referring to longer, narrower head compared with P. balayi
Parauchenoglanis monkei (Keilhack 1910) in honor of Dr. H. Monke (no other information available), who collected holotype
Parauchenoglanis ngamensis (Boulenger 1911) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Lake Ngami district (i.e., area), Botswana, type locality
Parauchenoglanis pantherinus (Pellegrin 1929) Latin for panther-like, referring to spotted body and fins (often dark spots on a white, pink or yellow body)
Parauchenoglanis punctatus (Boulenger 1902) Latin for spotted, referring to vertical series of black dots that accompany seven indistinct darker bars on body and/or transverse series of dark spots on dorsal and caudal fins
Parauchenoglanis stiassnyae Modimo, Bernt, Monsembula Iyaba, Mbimbi & Liyandja 2024 in honor of British-born American ichthyologist Melanie Stiassny (b. 1953), American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), for her “outstanding work and commitment” to biodiscovery and conservation in the Congo River basin; she initiated the AMNH Congo Project that resulted in “significant documentation and an improved systematic, biological, and evolutionary understanding of the Congo River basin ichthyofauna,” and had trained and continues to train numerous Congolese ichthyologists, including the authors of this species
Parauchenoglanis zebratus Sithole, Musschoot, Huyghe, Chakona & Vreven 2023 scientific Neo-Latin for zebra-like, referring to broad, dark-brown-to-black vertical bands of larger specimens