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Tanichthys Lin 1932 named for the young boy who collected holotype of T. albonubes, “Mr. Tan Kam Fei, the famous Scout of Kwangtung, in appreciation of his interest in ichthyology and his work rousing the good spirit of the young scouts toward the study of nature”; ichthýs (ἰχθύς), fish

Tanichthys albiventris Li, Bohlen & Liao 2022 albus (L.), white; ventris (L.), of the belly, referring to its “distinctive” white belly [T. dongxingensis Jin, Li & Zhao 2022, described seven weeks later, is a junior synonym]

Tanichthys albonubes Lin 1932 albus (L.), white; nubes (L.), cloud, referring to White Cloud (Baiyun) Mountain, Guangdong Province, China, type locality

Tanichthys flavianalis Li, Liao & Shen 2022 flavus (L.), yellow; analis (L.), anal, referring to its diagnostic light-yellow anal fin with golden margin [T. hainanensis Jin, Li & Zhao 2022, described seven weeks later, is a junior synonym]

Tanichthys guipingensis Jin, Li & Zhao 2022 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Guiping City, where type locality (a stream of the Qianjiang River, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China) is situated

Tanichthys huidongensis Jin, Li & Zhao 2022 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Huidong County, China, where type locality (an unnamed stream in Guangdong Province) is situated

Tanichthys kuehnei Bohlen, Dvorák, Thang & Šlechtová 2019 in honor of German aquarist Jens Kühne (Mahachai Tours, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand), for his efforts to locate this species in the field

Tanichthys luheensis Jin, Li & Zhao 2022 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Luhe County, where type locality (a stream of the Luohe River, Guangdong Province, China) is situated

Tanichthys micagemmae Freyhof & Herder 2001 micare (L.), sparkle, referring to its “sparkling color pattern”; gemma (L.), gem, referring to its small size [although the authors claim the name is a noun in apposition (i.e., “Tanichthys the sparkling gem”), the addition of the terminal “e” suggests the name is a noun in the genitive (“Tanichthys of the sparkling gem”)]

Tanichthys shenzhenensis Jin, Li & Zhao 2022 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Shenzhen City, where type locality (Egong River, Dapeng Peninsula, China) is situated