Animal scientific names

Scientific names

As an example of a scientific name in action, the scientific name for humans is Homo sapiens. In this example of a scientific name, the genus name is Homo and the species is sapiens. These terms are unique and no other species can have this same name. Scientific names are designed to tell you something about an animal's relationships with other animals.

Fish Scientific Names B

  • Baby Whale - Petrocephalus bovei bovei
  • Badis - Badis badis
  • Baenschi’s Peacock - Aulonocara baenschi
  • Bala Shark - Balantiocheilus melanopterus
  • Ballon Platy - Xiphophorus sp.
  • Balzani’s Earth Eater - Gymnogeophagus balzanii
  • Banded Barb - Barbus fasciatus
  • Banded Cichlid - Heros severus
  • Banded Climbing Perch - Microctenopoma fasciolatum
  • Banded Dwarf Cichlid - Apistogramma bitaeniata
  • Banded Gourami - Colisa fasciata
  • Banded Loach - Botia hymenophysa
  • Banded Pimelodid - Pimelodus clarias clarias
  • Banded Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia trifasciata
  • Banded Shovelnose Catfish - Brachyplatystoma juruense
  • Bandeira Catfish - Goslinia platynema
  • Bandit Cichlid - Aequidens geayi
  • Bandit Cory - Corydoras metae
  • Barbatus Corydorus - Corydoras barbatus
  • Barramundi - Lates calcarifer
  • Barred Loach - Nemacheilus fasciatus
  • Batfish, Freshwater - Myxocyprinus asiaticus
  • Beauforti’s Loach - Botia beauforti
  • Beluga Sturgeon - Huso huso
  • Bengal Danio - Danio devario
  • Bengal Loach - Botia dario
  • Benny Tetra - Creagrutus beni
  • Berdmore’s Loach - Botia berdmorei
  • Berney’s Shark Catfish - Arius graeffei
  • Betta - Betta splendens
  • Big Scale Tetra - Brycinus macrolepidotus
  • Big-Eyed Synodontis - Synodontis pleurops
  • Big-Eyed Xenotilapia - Xenotilapia sima
  • Big-Mouth Hap - Tyrannochromis macrostoma
  • Big-Toothed Piranha - Serrasalmus denticulatus
  • Bill Tetra - Phago boulengeri
  • Black Acara - “Cichlasoma” portalegrense
  • Black Adonis Pleco - Acanthicus hystrix
  • Black Arowana - Osteoglossum ferrerai
  • Black Banded Leporinus - Leporinus fasciatus
  • Black Banded Pyrrhulina - Copella nigrofasciata
  • Black Barred Myleus - Myleus schomburgkii
  • Black Belt Cichlid - Vieja maculicauda
  • Black Buffalo - Ictiobus niger
  • Black Bullhead - Ictalurus melas
  • Black Chinned Xenotilapia - Enantiopus melanogenys
  • Black Darter Tetra - Poecilocharax weitzmani
  • Black Devil Stingray - Potamotrygon leopoldi
  • Black Diamond Gold Piranha - Serrasalmus spilopleura
  • Black Fin Cichlid - Paracyprichromis nigripinnis
  • Black Fin Cory - Corydoras leucomelas
  • Black Finned Doradid - Hassar notospilus
  • Black Fin Shark - Arius seemanni
  • Black Ghost Knifefish - Apteronotus albifrons
  • Black Lancer - Bagrichthys hypselopterus
  • Black Lined Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia maccullochi
  • Black Neon Tetra - Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
  • Black Pacu - Colossoma macropomum
  • Black Phantom Tetra - Megalamphodus megalopterus
  • Black Piranha - Serrasalmus niger
  • Black Ruby Barb - Barbus nigrofasciatus
  • Black Shark - Labeo chrysophekadion
  • Black Skirt Tetra - Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
  • Black Spot Barb - Barbus filamentosus
  • Black Stripe Dwarf Cichlid - Taeniacara candidi
  • Black Tetra - Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
  • Black Wedge Tetra - Hemigrammus pulcher
  • Black and White Julie - Julidochromis transcriptus
  • Black Widow Tetra - Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
  • Black Winged Hatchetfish - Carnegiella marthae
  • Blackskirt Tetra - Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
  • Bleak - Alburnus alburnus
  • Bleeding Heart Tetra - Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma
  • Bleher’s Rainbowfish - Chilatherina blehri
  • Blind Cavefish - Astyanax fasciatus mexicanus
  • Blind Swamp Eel - Ophisternon infernale
  • Blockhead Cichlid - Steatocranus casuarius
  • Blood Parrot Cichlid - No scientific name
  • Bloodfin - Aphyocharax anisitsi
  • Bloodfin Tetra - Aphyocharax anisitsi
  • Blotched Pyrrhulina - Pyrrhulina spilota
  • Blue Acara - Aequidens pulchrus
  • Blue Cheek Dwarf Cichlid - Apistogramma eunotus
  • Blue Diamond Characin - Alestopetersius smykalai
  • Blue Discus - Symphysodon aequifasciatus haraldi
  • Blue Dolphin Cichlid - Cyrtocara moorii
  • Blue Emperor Tetra - Inpaichthys kerri
  • Blue Flash - Thorichthys aureus
  • Blue Gold-Tip Cichlid - Ophthalmotilapia ventralis
  • Blue Gourami - Trichogaster trichopterus sumatranus
  • Blue Loreto Tetra - Hyphessobrycon peruvianus
  • Blue Lumphead - Cyrtocara moorii
  • Blue Mbuna - Labeotropheus fuelleborni
  • Blue Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia lacustris
  • Blue Tetra - Boehlkea fredcochui
  • Blue-Barred Barb - Barbus barilioides
  • Blue-Barred Pygmy Sunfish - Elassoma okatie
  • Blue-Eye Cichlid - Cichlasoma spilurum
  • Blue-Eyed Pleco - Panaque suttoni
  • Blue-White Labido - Labidochromis caeruleus
  • Blunt-Head Cichlid - Tropheus moorii
  • Blunt-Headed Telmat - Telmatochromis vittatus
  • Boadzulu Cichlid - Copadichromis boadzulu
  • Boesemani Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia boesemani
  • Bolivian Ram - Microgeophagus altispinosa
  • Bony Snouted Gudgeon - Butis butis
  • Borelli’s Dwarf Cichlid - Apistogramma borellii
  • Borneo Sucker - Gastromyzon ctenocephalus
  • Boulenger’s Cichlid - Neolamprologus boulengeri
  • Boulenger’s Featherfin Tetra - Bryconaethiops boulengeri
  • Bowfin - Amia calva
  • Brandti Piranha - Serrasalmus brandti
  • Brazilian Jahu Catfish - Paulicea jahu
  • Bream - Abramis brama
  • Breder’s Betta - Betta brederi
  • Brevis Shell Dweller - Neolamprologus brevis
  • Brichardi Cichlid - Tropheus brichardi
  • Brichard’s Chalinochromis - Chalinochromis brichardi
  • Brichard’s Slender Cichlid - Teleogramma brichardi
  • Brichard’s Synodontis - Synodontis brichardi
  • Brichard’s Teleo - Teleogramma brichardi
  • Bright-Finned Slender Cichlid - Cyprichromis leptosoma
  • Bronze Cory - Corydoras aeneus
  • Brown Julie - Julidochromis dickfeldi
  • Brown Snakehead - Parachanna insignis
  • Brown Spike-Tailed Paradise Fish - Pseudosphromenus dayi
  • Brown Trout - Salmo trutta
  • Brownae Hap - Haplochromis brownae
  • Brown-Banded Copella - Copella metae
  • Brunei Beauty - Betta macrostoma
  • Bucktoothed Tetra - Exodon paradoxus
  • Buenos Aries Tetra - Hemigrammus caudovittatus
  • Buettikoferi Marbled Bichir - Polypterus palmas buettikoferi
  • Bullrout - Notesthes robusta
  • Bullseye Ctenopoma - Ctenopoma ocellatum
  • Bumblebee Catfish - Pseudopimelodus raninus raninus
  • Bumblebee Goby - Hypogymnogobius xanthozona
  • Bump-Head Garra - Garra ornata
  • Burmensis Frogmouth Catfish - Chaca burmensis
  • Burmese Glassfish - Chanda baculis
  • Burton’s Mouthbreeder - Haplochromis burtoni
  • Bush Fish - Ctenopoma ocellatum
  • Butterfish - Selenotoca multifasciata
  • Butterfly Ram - Microgeophagus altispinosa
  • Butterfly Fish - Pantodon buchholzi
  • Buttikoferi - Tilapia buttikoferi

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