Cynodontidae

Grenand, Pierre, Chapuis, Jean, Cognat, André, Christinoi, Antonia, Davy, Damien, Grenand, Françoise, Jégu, Michel, Keith, Philippe, Martin, Emmanuel, Nemo, François, Pagezy, Hélène & Le Bail, Pierre-Yves, 2015, Revision of vernacular names for the freshwater fish of French Guiana, Cybium 39 (4), pp. 279-300 : 288

Cynodontidae

Cynodon meionactis Géry, Le Bail & Keith, 1998 :

ëlemakë (Wa); dédé samakodja (B, Nd); adjeni (S); cynodon à petites écailles (F); peixe-cachorro, icanga, minguilista (Br); vampire fish (E).

Note: Wayãpi and Wayana are acquainted with a fish named saikane in the first language and haikane in the second; it is a species from the Jari Rio basin that may be Cynodon gibbus .