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Etymology: Dicrossus: Greek, di = two + Greek, krossoi = tassel (Ref. 45335); warzeli: Named for Frank Martin Warzel, a skilled German aquarist who collected the type specimens and who first imported the species from the Rio Tapajos to Germany, as well as observed its behaviour, including reproduction in the filed and in the aquarium..