Revised 25 Oct. 2025 PDF version (illustrated) Lepidosiren Fitzinger 1837 lepídos (λεπίδος), genitive of lepίs (λεπίς), scale; Siren Linnaeus 1766, a genus of aquatic salamanders named …

Gill 1889 Parmops coruscans, holotype, immature specimen, 48.2 mm SL. From: Rosenblatt, R. H. and G. D. Johnson. 1991. Parmops coruscans, a new genus and species of flashlight fish …

Oken 1817 rana (L.), frog; -ceps (Neo-Latin), headed, referring to its large, wide and depressed head, like that of a frog

Fitzinger 1837 lepídos (Gr. λεπίδος), genitive of lepίs (λεπίς), scale; Siren Linnaeus 1766, a genus of aquatic salamanders named for monsters of classical mythology, part woman, part bird, …

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Updated 5 Dec. 2025 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Armored Catfishes Subfamily CALLICHTHYINAE Bonaparte 1835 Callichthys Scopoli 1777 …

Revised 10 Oct. 2025 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, …

COMMENTS v. 12.0 – 14 Nov. 2025 view/download PDF Family LIPARIDAE Snailfishes 41 genera/subgenera · 467 species/subspecies Acantholiparis Gilbert & Burke 1912 acanthus, …

Revised 26 Sept. 2025 PDF version (with illustrations and additional information) Alepisaurus Lowe 1833 á- (ἄ), privative, i.e., without, and lepίs (λεπίς), scale, referring to their scaleless …

derived from brýchō (βρύχω), to bite, gnash teeth or eat greedily, presumably referring to fully toothed maxillae of B. falcatus