A edit
- audax = L bold?
- acanthus = spiny? thorny?
- anthus = flower?
- acutus = sharp?
- allo = different? (Alloblennius)
- ambly = ?
- annulatus = ringed?
- aspi = ? (Aspidontus)
- arenaceus = sandy
- australis = southern
B edit
- bicolor = L two coloured
- brachy = G short
- branchus = L gill?
- brevis = L short
- brady = slow
C edit
- centron? = ?
- coel(us)? = hollow
- cinctus = ? Priolepis cincta Convict goby
- capris? = goat?
- centrus = ?
- cornus? = horn?
- cornutus = horned?
- costatus = angular?
- cephalos = head?
- ceps = head?
- cheilo = ?
- chrys = gold
- crypto = hidden?
D edit
- dactylos = finger?
- dontus = tooth?
- dens = tooth?
- derma = skim
E edit
- echinus = ?
- edentulus = toothess?
- erythraeus = red?
- elegans = elegant
F edit
- favonius = L Favourable, West wind ( =G Zephyrus)
- frons = forehead? brow?
- fasciatus = ?
- -fer = L bearer?
- fluviatilis = of a river?
- flavius = ?
- fulvus = yellow?
G edit
- globi = round? spherical?
- glossus = tongue?
- gibbi = ?
- gnathus = jaw?
- gono = ?
- gymno = G naked?
H edit
- hippo = G horse?
- hexataenia = 6 striped
- hexa = 6?
- hepta = 7?
- hetero = different?
I edit
- ichthys = fish
- indicus = Indian?
- impudens = impudent? cheeky?
J edit
K edit
L edit
- lepto? = light?
- lacuna = ?
- lepis = G scale?
M edit
- micro = small
- macro = large
- maculus = mark?
- melas = dark?
- mola = L mola = millstone
- multi = many
N edit
- niger = black
- notum = back?
O edit
- oligo = ?
- ocellatus = ?
- ops = ?
- opthalma = ?
- ophis = G serpent
- octo = 8?
- opisto = ?
P edit
- peri- = ?
- pachy = thick?
- para = ?
- penta = 5
- pinna = feather?
- platy = flat?
- pleuro = ?
- ptera = wing?
- -phore = G bearer?
- phago = eat?
- punctuata = ?
- pusillus = ?
Q edit
R edit
- rhynchus = ?
- rhino = ?
- rostrum = beak?
S edit
- stegus = ?
- stigma = mark?
- soma = body?
- scatus? = dung?
- sordidus = ?
- striatus = striped
T edit
- tentaculata = tentacled?
- taenia = stripe?
- tetra = 4
- tri = 3
- tricolor = three colored
- tricho = ?
U edit
- urus = tail?
V edit
- vaigensis = ?
W edit
X edit
- xantho = yellow?
Y edit
Z edit
- zona = band?