cat-eLog: etymology of Hypostomus
Posted: 22 Apr 2009, 00:26
Most, if not all, Cat-eLog entries for have a bogus etymology for the genus along the lines of:

Martin
That doesn't sound right to me.Amblydoras: From the Greek amblys, meaning blunt and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the non-serrated dorsal spine.

Martin