Vittorio Bottego was an Italian army officer and one of the first Western explorers of Jubaland in the Horn of Africa, where he led two expeditions. He was an artillery captain in the Italian Army.
Haplochromis artaxerxes was a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria where it is only known from the Napoleon Gulf, in Uganda. This species can reach a length of 14.7 centimetres (5.8 in) SL. The specific name uses the name of Artaxerxes I of Persia who was known as "long-handed", a reference to this species extremely long pectoral fins.
Haplochromis barbarae is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria where it may now be extinct. This species can reach a length of 10.6 centimetres (4.2 in) SL. The honors Barbara Williams who illustrated many of Greenwood's papers.
Haplochromis bayoni is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria. This species reaches a length of 15.4 centimetres (6.1 in) SL. The specific name honours the Italian British physician and researcher into sleeping sickness Henry Peter Bayon (1876-1952).
Haplochromis michaeli is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria though it may now be extinct. This species can reach a length of 14.5 centimetres (5.7 in) SL. The specific name honours the collector of the type, the British fisheries scientist Michael Graham (1888-1972).
Haplochromis sauvagei is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria. This species reaches a length of 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) SL. Its specific name honours the French paleontologist and ichthyologist Henri Émile Sauvage (1842-1917).
Nothobranchius jubbi is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It occurs in north eastern Africa in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia in temporary pools, ditches, marshes and rain pans, normally ones without any connections to rivers. This species was described in 1979 by Rudolf Hans Wildekamp and Heinz Otto Berkenkamp with the type locality given as a pool on the road to Garsen, 17 miles north of Malindi. The specific name honours the South African meteorologist and ichthyologist Reginald A. “Rex” Jubb (1905-1987) of the Freshwater Fish Section at the Albany Museum in Grahamstown, South Africa, in recognition of his taxonomic work on the genus Nothobranchius.
The blue notho, or Patrizi's notho is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It is found in Kenya and Somalia. Its natural habitat is running water. The males are usually around 5.0 centimetres (2.0 in). In the aquarium the females lay their eggs on bottom peat. This species was described as Fundulus patrizii by Decio Vinciguerra in 1927 with a type locality of the Harenaga swamps, near mouth of the Juba River in southern Somalia. Vinciguerra gave this fish the specific name of patrizii in honour of the collector of the type Saverio Patrizi Naro Montoro (1902-1957), an Italian explorer, zoologist and speleologist.
Labeo dussumieri is fish in genus Labeo known to occur in west-flowing rivers of the Western Ghats. Earlier Sri Lankan population was considered as the same species as L. dussumieri, recent phylogenetic and physiological differences suggest that Sri Lankan population is a distinct species, Labeo heladiva..
Labeo macmahoni is fish in genus Labeo from the drainage of the River Dasht in Pakistan. This species reaches a length of 25 cm (9.8 in).
Hypsoblennius gilberti, commonly known as the rockpool blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a length of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) TL. The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Charles H. Gilbert (1859-1928).
Meiacanthus smithi, the disco blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern Indian ocean. This species grows to a length of 8.5 centimetres (3.3 in) TL. It is also commonly known as Smith's fangblenny, Smith's sawtail blenny or Smith's harp-tail blenny. This species is also found in the aquarium trade.
Omobranchus smithi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Pacific and Indian ocean.
Parahypsos piersoni is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern Pacific ocean, from Costa Rica to Peru. The specific name honours C.J. Pierson, who was a member of the expedition to Panama on which the type was collected.
The leafy klipfish is a species of clinid found along the coast of South Africa from Cape Point to the Bashee River. Its preferred habitat is amongst seaweed in the subtidal zone. It can reach a maximum total length of 30 cm (12 in). It is currently the only known member of its genus. The generic name honours the South African ichthyologist J.L.B. Smith (1897-1968), while the specific name means belonging to the brown seaweed genus Fucus, a reference to its habitat, colouring, and form.
Heteroclinus whiteleggii, Whitelegg's weedfish, is a species of clinid native to reefs around New South Wales, Australia. This species can reach a maximum length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. The specific name honours the naturalist Thomas Whitelegge (1850-1927) who was a friend of Ogilby's friend and who collected the type.
Paraclinus beebei, the Pink blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny endemic to the Gulf of California. The specific name honors the American zoologist William Beebe (1877-1962) of the New York Zoological Society.
Starksia hoesei, the hose blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California where it is known to occur at depths of from 24 to 32 m. The specific name honours the ichthyologist Douglass F. Hoese of the Australian Museum in Sydney.
Neobola bottegoi is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to Lake Turkana and the Omo River of Ethiopia. It can reach a maximum length of 7.3 cm.
Osteochilus sondhii is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Myanmar. It is sometimes considered conspecific with Labeo dyocheilus.
