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Aulopus Cloquet 1816 manuscript name coined by Cuvier and made available by Cloquet, from Aulōpías (Αὐλωπίς), another of the ancient Greek fish names that Cuvier repurposed for several new genera he proposed (e.g., Synodontis, Premnas), often without any obvious connections between the ancient and modern taxa; later claims that name is derived from aulós (Gr. αὐλός), flute or pipe, and poús (Gr. πούς), foot, are without merit

Aulopus bajacali Parin & Kotlyar 1984 of Baja Cali, short for Baja California Sur, Mexico, referring to type locality off Alijos Rocks

Aulopus cadenati Poll 1953 patronym not identified but almost certainly in honor of French ichthyologist Jean Cadenat (1908–1992), Director, Marine Biological Section of the Institut Français d’Afrique Noire (Gorée, Senegal)

Aulopus chirichignoae Béarez, Zavalaga & Miranda 2024 in honor of Peruvian ichthyologist Norma Chirichigno Fonseca (b. 1929), for her research on Peruvian marine fishes and the first to mention an Aulopus species in Peru

Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch 1792) Latin for filamentous, referring to extended first two rays of dorsal fin in males

Hime Starks 1924 Japanese name for H. japonica, which, according to Starks, means “Ladyfish”
Hime capitonis Gomon & Struthers 2015 genitive singular of capito (L.), one with a large head, referring to its large head relative to congeners

Hime caudizoma Gomon & Struthers 2015 cauda (L.), tail; zṓma (Gr. ζῶμα), a variant spelling of zṓnē (ζώνη), belt or girdle (but said by the authors to be an adjective meaning “that which is girded”), referring to numerous red bands on both lobes of the tail in both sexes

Hime curtirostris (Thomson 1967) curtus (L.), short; rostris, Neo-Latin scientific adjective of rostrum (L.), snout, referring to its short snout, shorter than the eye

Hime diactithrix (Prokofiev 2008) di-, (Gr. prefix), from dýo (δύο), two; aktís (Gr. ἀκτίς), ray; thríx (Gr. θρίξ), hair or ray (i.e., filament), referring to highly elongated second ray of dorsal fin in males

Hime formosana (Lee & Chao 1994) -ana (L.), belonging to: Formosa, or Taiwan, where type locality (Kaohsiung) is situated

Hime japonica (Günther 1877) –ica (L.), belonging to: n Yokohama, Japan, where type locality (a market) is situated

Hime microps Parin & Kotlyar 1989 micro-, from mikrós (Gr. μικρός), small; ṓps (Gr. ὦψ), eye, referring to its “comparatively small” eyes, smaller than those of H. japonicus and H. curtirostris

Hime pyrhistion Gomon, Struthers & Stewart 2013 pȳ́r (Gr. πῦρ), fire; histíon (Gr. ἱστίον), sail (i.e., dorsal fin), referring to red-and-yellow patterned dorsal fin

Hime surrubea Gomon & Struthers 2015 Latin for reddish, referring to its reddish hue

Latropiscis Whitley 1931 etymology not explained, perhaps latro (L.), robber, brigand, mercenary, or hunter, if so, allusion not explained, although Whitley (1966) said the fish, a benthic ambush predator, “lurks amongst rocks and weeds”; piscis (L.), a fish

Latropiscis purpurissatus (Richardson 1843) Latin for clothed or painted in purple, referring to its “general” body color

Leptaulopus Gomon, Struthers & Stewart 2013 leptós (Gr. λεπτός), thin or slender, Aulopus, type genus of family, referring to the slender form of its species

Leptaulopus damasi (Tanaka 1915) presumably from Eso-damashi, its Japanese name

Leptaulopus erythrozonatus Gomon, Struthers & Stewart 2013 erythrós (Gr. ἐρυθρός), red; zonatus (L.), belted or girdled (i.e., banded), referring to distinctive red bands on dorsal and caudal fins