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Clupeichthys Bleeker 1855 clupea, herring-like fish (see Clupea, below), presumably referring to herring-like features as evidenced by similarity to Clupea, Clupeoides and Clupalosa (=Sardinella); ichthýs (Gr. ἰχθύς), fish

Clupeichthys aesarnensis Wongratana 1983 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: name not explained, probably from Esern, variant of Issan, northeast region of Thailand, where it occurs

Clupeichthys bleekeri (Hardenberg 1936) patronym not identified but clearly in honor of Dutch Army surgeon and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878), who described many clupeids from Borneo

Clupeichthys goniognathus Bleeker 1855 gōnía (Gr. γωνία), corner or angle; gnáthos (Gr. γνάθος), jaw, referring to wide mouth cleft, maxillary extending to below middle of eye

Clupeichthys perakensis (Herre 1936) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Perak River, Perak, Malaysia, type locality

Clupeoides Bleeker 1851 –oides, Latinized suffix adopted from eí̄dos (Gr. εἶδος), form or shape: Clupea, being a “clearly recognizable type of herring … halfway between Clupea and Harengula” (translation)

Clupeoides borneensis Bleeker 1851 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: southern Borneo, where it is endemic

Clupeoides hypselosoma Bleeker 1866 hypsēlós (Gr. ὑψηλός), high; sṓma (Gr. σῶμα), body, presumably referring to its moderately deep body (not as deep as C. borneensis)

Clupeoides papuensis (Ramsay & Ogilby 1886) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Papua New Guinea, where type locality (Strickland River), is situated

Clupeoides venulosus Weber & de Beaufort 1912 Latin for veined, referring to its “venulous” cheeks and opercle

Clupeonella Kessler 1877 –ella (L.), diminutive suffix, i.e., a small clupea (L.), herring or herring-like fish, referring to small size of C. grimmi; in fact, Kessler wondered if it might represent juveniles of C. delicatula (=Spratelloides delicatulus, Spratelloididae)

Clupeonella abrau (Maliatsky 1930) named for Lake Abrau, near Novorossiysk, Russia, where it is endemic

Clupeonella cultriventris (Nordmann 1840) culter (L.), knife; ventris, genitive of venter (L.), belly, referring to sharp serrations along ventral surface

Clupeonella engrauliformis (Borodin 1904) formis (L.), shape or form: engraulís, ancient Greek name (ἐγγραυλίς) of the European Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus, referring to its “striking similarity” (translation) to anchovies

Clupeonella grimmi Kessler 1877 in honor of Oscar von Grimm (1845–1921), Russian ichthyologist and Chief Inspector of Russian fisheries, who collected holotype

Clupeonella muhlisi Neu 1934 in honor of Muhlis Bey (1891–1985, surname later changed to Erkmen), Turkish agricultural xchool Professor and politician who became the Minister of Agriculture of Turkey when this species (endemic to Apolyont Lake in Turkey) was discovered.

Corica Hamilton 1822 Latinization of Khorica, from Soborno Khorica, its local name in West Bengal, India

Corica laciniata Fowler 1935 scientific Neo-Latin for full of lappets, indented or jagged (Fowler said “gashed”), referring to “divided anal fin,” with last two rays forming a separate finlet

Corica soborna Hamilton 1822 from Soborno (=golden) Khorica, its local name in West Bengal, India, referring to “the little creature’s beauty; for, in fact, its splendour is that of silver”

Dayella Talwar & Whitehead 1971 –ella (L.), diminutive connoting endearment: in honor of Francis Day (1829–1889), Inspector-General of Fisheries in India, who described D. malabarica in 1897

Dayella malabarica (Day 1873) –icus (L.), belonging to: Malabar (i.e., southern India), where it ascends rivers during its spawning run

Ehirava Deraniyagala 1929 derived from its local Sinhalese name in Sri Lanka

Ehirava fluviatilis Deraniyagala 1929 Latin for riverine or of a river, referring to its occurrence in rivers up to 24 km from the sea

Gilchristella Fowler 1935 –ella (L.), diminutive connoting endearment: in honor of the late John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1866–1926), “author of many important papers on the fishes of South Africa,” who described G. aestuaria in 1913

Gilchristella aestuaria (Gilchrist 1913) nominative plural of aestuarium (L.), estuary, referring to its occurrence in estuarine (brackish) waters (also occurs in fresh water)

Minyclupeoides Roberts 2008 minýs (Gr. μινύς), less or smaller, being substantially smaller (up to 22.5 mm) than any of the larger fully-scaled river clupeoids in the Mekong basin; Clupeoides, genus name of larger Mekong clupeoids

Minyclupeoides dentibranchialus Roberts 2008 dentis, genitive of dens (L.), tooth; branchialus, scientific Neo-Latin from bránchia (Gr. βράγχια), gills, referring to heavily denticulate gill rakers on the gill arches

Sauvagella Bertin 1940 –ella (L.), diminutive connoting endearment: in honor of paleontologist-ichthyologist Henri Émile Sauvage (1842–1917), who collected the 15 specimens Bertin used in proposing this genus, and who described S. madagascariensis in 1883

Sauvagella madagascariensis (Sauvage 1883) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Madagascar, where it is endemic

Sauvagella robusta Stiassny 2002 Latin for robust or full-bodied, referring to deeper body compared with S. madagascariensis, evident even in juvenile specimens

Spratellomorpha Bertin 1946 morpha, from morphḗ (Gr. μορφή), form or shape, probably referring to Spratelloides madagascariensis (Spratelloididae), which Bertin regarded as the nominate form of the subspecies (now full species) he originally named Sauvagella madagascariensis bianalis

Spratellomorpha bianalis (Bertin 1940) bi-, from bis (L.), twice; analis (L.), anal, referring to last two anal fin rays separate from anal fin, forming a distinct finlet

Sundasalanx Roberts 1981 Sunda, referring to Sundaland, continental landmass of Southeast Asia connected to Asian mainland by the Isthmus of Kra, general area where S. praecox and S. microps occur; Salanx, type genus of Salangidae (Osmeriformes), to which this genus was thought to be related

Sundasalanx malleti Siebert & Crimmen 1997 in honor of ceramic historian John Valentine Granville Mallet (b. 1930), former Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers (a London livery company), “whose enthusiasm, encouragement, and support have made possible the continuation of a research programme on freshwater fishes of Southeast Asia”

Sundasalanx megalops Siebert & Crimmen 1997 mégas (Gr. μέγας), big; ṓps (Gr. ὦψ),eye, referring to larger eye compared with Barito River (Indonesia) congeners

Sundasalanx mekongensis Britz & Kottelat 1999 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Mekong basin of Laos and Thailand, where it is endemic

Sundasalanx mesops Siebert & Crimmen 1997 mésos (Gr. μέσος), middle; ṓps (Gr. ὦψ),eye, referring to eye size between that of Barito River (Indonesia) congeners

Sundasalanx microps Roberts 1981 micro-, from mikrós (Gr μικρός), small; ṓps (Gr. ὦψ), eye, referring to smaller eyes compared with S. praecox

Sundasalanx platyrhynchus Siebert & Crimmen 1997 wide-snouted, platýs (Gr. πλατύς), wide or broad, and rhýnchos (Gr. ῥύγχος), snout, presumably referring to shorter (i.e., wider, less pointed) snout compared with congeners

Sundasalanx praecox Roberts 1981 Latin for premature, referring to sexual maturity of males and females at only 14.9 mm SL