Updated 20 May 2024 PDF version (illustrated) Amblyceps Blyth 1858 amblýs (Gr. ἀμβλύς), blunt; –ceps (Neo-Latin), headed, referring to head of A. caecutiens, “much broader and flatter” compared with Olyra (Bagridae) Amblyceps accari Dahanukar, Raghavan, Ali & Britz 2016 accari (pronounced achchari), Kannada word for “surprise,” referring to the authors’ excitement in discovering a new […]

Revised 30 June 2024 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Bagrichthys Bleeker 1857 Bagrus, referring to Bleeker’s original placement of B. hypselopterus in that genus; ichthýs (ἰχθύς), fish Bagrichthys hypselopterus (Bleeker 1852) high-finned, from hypsēlós (Gr. ὑψηλός), high, and pterus, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν) or ptéryx (πτέρυξ), fin, referring to long dorsal-fin spine, up […]

Updated 29 March 2024 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Belodontichthys Bleeker 1857 bélos (Gr. βέλος), arrow and odontos, Latinized and grammatically adjusted from the Greek nominative ὀδούς (odoús), tooth, referring to “lancet- or arrow shaped jaw teeth” of B. dinema (translation); ichthýs (Gr. ἰχθύς), fish Belodontichthys dinema (Bleeker 1851) di– (Gr. prefix), from […]

Revised 26 June 2024 PDF version (illustrated) Helicophagus Bleeker 1857 helico-, from Helix, genus of land snails, but apparently used here as a general term for snail or gastropod; phago, from phageín (Gr. φαγεῖν), to eat, referring to molluscivorous diet of H. typus Helicophagus leptorhynchus Ng & Kottelat 2000 leptós (Gr. λεπτός), slender; rhýnchos (Gr. […]

Updated 29 March 2024 PDF version (illustrated) Chaca Gray 1831 tautonymous with Platystacus chaca Hamilton 1822, local Assamese name for this catfish in India (which Gray unnecessarily renamed C. hamiltoni in honor of Hamilton) Chaca bankanensis Bleeker 1852 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Bangka, Indonesia, type locality Chaca burmensis Brown & Ferraris 1988 –ensis, Latin […]

Updated 29 March 2024 PDF version (illustrated) Austroglanis Skelton, Risch & de Vos 1984 austro-, from auster (L.), the south wind, being the most southerly distributed catfishes in Africa; glánis (Gr. γλάνις), ancient name for a silurid catfish (probably Silurus aristotelis), now used as a general term for catfish Austroglanis barnardi (Skelton 1981) in honor […]

Revised 4 June 2024 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Anodontiglanis Rendahl 1922 án– (Gr. ἄν-), without, and odonti, from odontos, Latinized and grammatically adjusted from the Greek nominative ὀδούς (odoús), tooth, referring to lack of teeth on jaws and vomer (but pharyngeal teeth well developed); (Gr. γλάνις), ancient name for a silurid catfish […]

Updated 14 Aug. 2024 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Acanthicus Agassiz 1829 from akánthinos (Gr. ἀκάνθινος), thorny, referring to entire dorsal surface of head of A. hystrix armed with long erectile spines, or odontodes Acanthicus adonis Isbrücker & Nijssen 1988 in Greek mythology, Adonis was a handsome young man loved by the goddess […]

Updated 19 March 2024 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Acestridium Haseman 1911 –idium, Latin diminutive connoting resemblance: akéstra (Gr. ἀκέστρα), darning needle, presumably referring to long spines on tip of snout of A. discus Acestridium colombiense Retzer 2005 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Colombia, where it is endemic Acestridium dichromum Retzer, Nico & […]

Updated 16 Aug. 2024 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Brochiloricaria Isbrücker & Nijssen 1979 brochus (L.), projecting, referring to protruding teeth; Loricaria, type genus of subfamily Brochiloricaria chauliodon Isbrücker 1979 chaúlios (Gr. χαύλιος), gaping or bloated (but probably used here to mean prominent); odon, Latinized and grammatically adjusted from the Greek nominative ὀδούς […]