For example, Girard (1856) named several minnow genera after Native American words (e.g., Agosia, Dionda, Nocomis) simply because he liked the sound of them.

Dec 21, 2025 · Lavinia Girard 1854 classical feminine name, presumably chosen because Girard liked the sound of it Lavinia exilicauda Baird & Girard 1854 exilis (L.), thin or meager; cauda …

Sep 18, 2025 · Aspredinichthys tibicen (Valenciennes 1840) Latinization of trompetter, or trompetfisi (trumpeter), Dutch-Surinamese local name for this and other aspredinid catfishes, …

Dec 7, 2025 · Sciades couma (Valenciennes 1840) from couma-couma, local name for this fish in French Guiana, onomatopoeic for the sound it makes when pulled from the water

Diretmichthys Kotlyar 1990 Diretmus, type genus of family, “close in sound to the names of other genera, which stresses the unity of the family Diretmidae” (translation); ichthýs (ἰχθύς), fish

Oct 6, 2025 · Dionda Girard 1856 a Native American word, presumably chosen because Girard liked the sound of it (name does not derive from the Greek Dione, mother of Venus, as …

Nov 16, 2025 · Enteromius niggie Scheepers, Bragança & Chakona 2024 Afrikaans word (pronounced nᶕᶍi, with a hard guttural sound at the back of the throat) meaning niece or …

Aspredinichthys tibicen (Valenciennes 1840) Latinization of trompetter, or trompetfisi (trumpeter), Dutch-Surinamese local name for this and other aspredinid catfishes, alluding to the sound …

COMMENTS v. 6.0 – 27 Nov. 2025 view/download PDF Family SCIAENIDAE Drums or Croakers 72 genera/subgenera · 299 species Aplodinotus Rafinesque 1819 etymology not explained, …

Dec 2, 2025 · Yaluwak Lujan & Armbruster 2019 Patamona Amerindian word for this species (and used generally for larger loricariids); pronunciation of the “l” is a guttural “ir” sound