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Eumecichthys Regan 1907 eumêkes (Gr. εὐμῆκες), very long or tall, referring to long (described at 127 cm) and elongate body; ichthýs (Gr. ἰχθύς), fish

Eumecichthys fiski (Günther 1890) in honor of Rev. George Henry Redmore Fisk (1829–1911), a collector of zoological curiosities in South Africa, who “kindly submitted” this “highly interesting fish” and specimens of other animals

Lophotus Giorna 1809 scientific Neo-Latin derived from lóphos (Gr. λόφος), mane or crest, referring to crest (anterior rays of dorsal fin) originating above or before tip of snout of L. lacapede

Lophotus capellei Temminck & Schlegel 1845 in honor of Godert Alexander Gerard Philip, Baron van der Capellen (1778–1848), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1815–1825) and a “dear friend of science” (translation)

Lophotus guentheri Johnston 1883 in honor of German-born British ichthyologist-herpetologist Albert Günther (1830–1914), British Museum (Natural History), whose Catalogue of Fishes of the British Museum is cited as a reference for the genus [originally spelled guntheri but corrected to guentheri per ICZN Art. 32.5.2.1]

Lophotus lacepede Giorna 1809 in honor of Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de [count of] La Cepède (also spelled as La Cépède, Lacépède, or Lacepède, 1756-1825), author of Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, first five volumes (1798-1803) [a noun in apposition, without the genitive “i”]

Lophotus machadoi Miranda Ribeiro 1927 in honor of Rev. Francisco Machado da Silva, who collected and/or donated specimens to the Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), making him a “good friend” (translation) of the museum