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| xanthellus | From the Greek xanthellus, yellow, in allusion to the bright colour of the specimens. A noun in apposition. |
| xanthum | xanthos, yellow, referring to its colouration in life (Megalonema xanthum). |
| xanthus | Yellow. |
| xavante | Named after the Xavante, an indigenous ethnic group nowadays inhabiting several Indigenous Lands that form part of its earlier territory of traditional occupation, in the region comprised by the Serra do Roncador and the valleys of the Rio das Mortes, Rio Culuene, Rio Couto de Magalhães, Rio Batovi, and Rio Garc¸as, in the eastern Mato Grosso State. |
| xikrin | Named after the Xikrin, an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the Rio Bacaja' margins. The Xikrin people belong to the "Je" linguistic trunk, calling themselves "Mebengokre". They are related to the Kayapo people with whom they share the same self-denomination, cultural characteristics such as body painting patterns, language, residence and marital relations, rituals, chants, and naming system. |
| xinguensis | From the Xingu River, Brazil. |
| xiphias | Meaning sword describing the long (artificial) snout in this Synodontis species. |
| xiurenensis | –ensis, suffix denoting place: Xiuren River, Pearl River drainage, Guangxi Province, China, type locality (Xiurenbagrus xiurenensis). |
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