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  1. Family RAJIDAE Blainville 1816 (Skates) | The ETYFish Project

    Sep 27, 2025 · Leucoraja fullonica (Linnaeus 1758) –ica (L. suffix), belonging to: fuller (L. fullo), one who fulls (cleanses, scours and presses) woolen cloth using a tool equipped with iron …

  2. Family SPHYRNIDAE Bonaparte 1840 (Hammerhead Sharks)

    Revised 14 Nov. 2025 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Eusphyra Gill 1862 eū́- (εὖ-), an intensive (i.e., well or very; sphyra, from sphū́ra (σφῦρα), hammer, referring …

  3. Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (p-z) | The ETYFish …

    Jul 4, 2025 · Smilosicyopus Watson 1999 smila, Latin word for carving knife, chisel or engraving tool, referring to large canine tooth on both jaws, proposed as a subgenus of Sicyopus

  4. Order GOBIESOCIFORMES (Clingfishes) | The ETYFish Project

    Jul 12, 2025 · Nettorhamphos radula Conway, Moore & Summers 2017 a tool used for scraping, referring to many tiny conical teeth on lingual surface of premaxilla and dentary, which are …

  5. Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, …

    Aug 28, 2025 · Nandus mercatus Ng 2008 a trading place or market, referring to fact that type was purchased from a market, while also honoring fish markets, “a valuable tool to …

  6. Order CARANGIFORMES (part 2): Families POLYNEMIDAE, …

    Oct 23, 2025 · Limanda limanda (Linnaeus 1758) old name for this species, possibly derived from the French lime (and the Latin lima), meaning file (tool used to smooth metal), referring to …

  7. Family HOLOCENTRIDAE Bonaparte 1833 (Squirrelfishes and …

    Nov 17, 2025 · Plectrypops Gill 1862 plêktron (πλῆκτρον), spur, or a tool for plucking or striking a stringed instrument; ṓps (ὦψ), eye, referring to preopercle armed with three strong teeth …

  8. Family ICTALURIDAE Gill 1861 (North American Freshwater Catfishes)

    Revised 19 Oct. 2025 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Ameiurus Rafinesque 1820 á- (ἄ), privative, i.e., not; meíōn (μείων), less ...

  9. (L. fullo), one who fulls (cleanses, scours and presses) woolen cloth using a tool equipped with iron spikes, referring to this skate’s rough and spiny dorsal surface, like a fuller’s tool

  10. Family NEMACHEILIDAE Regan 1911 (Stone or Brook Loaches)

    Updated 25 Nov. 2025 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Aborichthys Chaudhuri 1913 Abor Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India, type locality of A. kempi (=A. …