Updated 3 Jan. 2024 PDF version (illustrated) Bryconops Kner 1858 ṓps (Gr. ὦψ), eye or face (i.e., appearance), apparently reflecting Kner’s belief that this genus could be “classified with the hither related species” (translation) of Brycon (Bryconidae) Subgenus Bryconops Bryconops alburnoides Kner 1858 –oides, Neo-Latin from eī́dos (Gr. εἶδος), form or shape: the European leuciscid […]
Updated 26 April 2024 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Bryconines Subfamily BRYCONINAE Eigenmann 1912 Brycon Müller & Troschel 1844 derived from brýchō (Gr. βρύχω), to bite, gnash teeth or eat greedily, presumably referring to fully toothed maxillae of B. falcatus Brycon alburnus (Günther 1860) Latin for whitefish (e.g., Common Bleak Alburnus alburnus), presumably […]
NAMES OF THE WEEK from: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 14 August Oncorhynchus gorbuschka Glubokovsky & Zhivotovsky 2024 This is the first time I’ve seen a fish named this way, and I’m not sure that I like it. Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum 1792) is […]
Updated 19 July 2024 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Subfamily name from Stevardia Gill 1858, a synonym of Corynopoma Gill 1858. Named for D. Jackson Steward (Latinized with “v” instead of “w”) of New York City, through whose “kindness and liberality” Gill was able to collect “molluscous animals and shells, and incidentally the […]
Revised 12 April 2024 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Acinocheirodon Malabarba & Weitzman 1999 acino, from ákaina (Gr. ἄκαινα), thorn or spike, referring to spines on caudal-fin rays; cheirodon, referring to its placement in Cheirodontinae Acinocheirodon melanogramma Malabarba & Weitzman 1999 mélanos (Gr. μέλανος), genitive of mélas (μέλας), black; gramma, scientific Neo-Latin derived […]
Updated 21 March 2024 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Acanthocharax Eigenmann 1912 resembling Charax but with an acanthus (L.), from ákantha (Gr. ἄκανθα), thorn, referring to strong spine on angle of preopercle Acanthocharax microlepis Eigenmann 1912 micro-, from mikrós (Gr. μικρός), small; lepίs (Gr. λεπίς), scale, referring to small, imbricate scales, 47–53 along […]
Updated 19 June 2024 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Andromakhe Terán, Benitez & Mirande 2020 named for Andromakhe (Áνδρομάχη, “battle of men”), wife of Hector, Prince of Troy, in Greek mythology, and, in Homer’s epic poem Iliad, the mother of Astyanax (Ἀστυάναξ, “city protector”), named for its relationship to and the original placement […]
Updated 21 March 2024 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Freshwater Barracudas Subfamily ACESTRORHYNCHINAE Eigenmann 1912 Acestrorhynchus Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903 akéstra (Gr. ἀκέστρα), darning needle; rhynchus, from rhýnchos (Gr. ῥύγχος), snout (i.e., jaw), referring to sharp canine teeth on both jaws Acestrorhynchus abbreviatus (Cope 1878) Latin for shortened, probably referring to its “relatively […]
Updated 11 April 2024 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Lebiasinas Subfamily LEBIASININAE Gill 1889 Derhamia Géry & Zarske 2002 –ia (L. suffix), belonging to: Patrick de Rham (1936–2022), Swiss ichthyologist and aquarist, who discovered type species and collected first specimens while evaluating the ecological and sociological impacts of a large hydroelectric dam at […]
Updated 20 June 2024 PDF version (with illustrations) Curimata Bosc 1817 Portuguese or local Brazilian name for curimatid-like fishes, apparently introduced in scientific literature by Markgraf von Liebstadt (Historiæ rerum naturalium brasiliæ libri octo, 1648) for Prochilodus argenteus (Prochilodontidae) Curimata acutirostris Vari & Reis 1995 acutus (L.), sharp or pointed; rostris, Neo-Latin scientific adjective of […]