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FishBase, used as a reference in this article, does not use initials in author citations for any of the species in this genus (Species in the family Trichomycteridae); neither does Catalog of Fishes , which FishBase itself uses as a reference regarding nomenclature (Species in the genus Trichomycterus).
The WP article on author citation states that:

"If the same surname is common to more than one author, initials are sometimes given" but "not all animal groups / databases use this convention" and " it should be noted that in the examples given in the Code and also the ICZN Official Lists and Indexes, initials are not used". XenoVon (Talk) 14:36, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]