Animal scientific names
- Fish scientific name
- Bird scientific name
- Snake scientific name
- Dolphin scientific name
- Shark scientific name
- Whale scientific name
- Crab scientific name
- Butterfly scientific name
- Spider scientific name
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 C
- Caeruleus - Labidochromis caeruleus
- Callolepis Cichlid - Cichlasoma callolepis
- Calophysus Catfish - Calophysus macropterus
- Campbell’s Tigerfish - Datnioides campbelli
- Candy Stripe Goby - Awaous strigatus
- Cape Lopez Lyretail - Aphyosemion australe
- Cape York Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia splendida
- Cardinal Tetra - Paracheirodon axelrodi
- Carolina Pigmy Sunfish - Elassoma boehlkei
- Carpinte Cichlid - Cichlasoma carpinte
- Chain Loach - Botia sidthimunki
- Chankaensis Bitterling - Acheilognathus chankaensis
- Channel Catfish - Ictalurus punctatus
- Checkerboard Cichlid - Crenicara punctulatum
- Cherry Barb - Puntius titteya
- Chessboard Cichlid - Dicrossus filamentosa
- Chinese Algae Eater - Gyrinocheilus aymonieri
- Chinese Paradise Fish - Macropodus ocellatus
- Chipokae Mbuna - Melanochromis sp.
- Chocolate Cichlid - Hypselecara coryphaenoides
- Chocolate Gourami - Sphaerichthys osphromenoides
- Chrysonotus Cichlid - Copadichromis chrysonotus
- Chunky Hap - Protomelas annectens
- Cigar Shark - Leptobarbus hoevenii
- Cinnamon Killifish - Aphyosemion cinnamomeum
- Cinnamon Loach - Pangio pangia
- Clarias Catfish - Clarias batrachus
- Clay Hoplo - Hoplosternum littorale
- Climbing Perch - Anabas testudineus
- Cloudy Doradid - Rhinodoras dorbignyi
- Clown Barb - Barbus everetti
- Clown Knifefish - Chitala chitala
- Clown Loach - Botia macracanthus
- Cobalt Cichlid - Melanochromis johannii
- Coccina Betta - Betta coccina
- Cochliodon Pleco - Cochliodon cochliodon
- Cochu’s Blue Tetra - Boehlkea fredcochui
- Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid - Apistogramma cacatuoides
- Colombian Blue Tetra - Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis
- Colombian Shark - Arius seemani
- Colombian Tetra - Hyphessobrycon columbianus
- Combtail - Belontia signata
- Commerson’s Glassfish - Ambassis commersoni
- Common Gourami - Osphronemus gorami
- Common Hatchetfish - Gasteropelecus sternicla
- Compressed Cichlid - Altolamprologus compressiceps
- Congicus Saddled Bichir - Polypterus endlicheri congicus
- Congo Citharin - Citharinus congicus
- Congo Pufferfish - Tetraodon murius
- Congo Tetra - Phenacogrammus interruptus
- Convict Cichlid - Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum
- Copper Mouthbrooder - Pseudocrenilabrus philander
- Cosby Gourami -Trichogaster trichopterus
- Costa Rican Blue Eyed Cichlid - “Cichlasoma” sajicai
- Craggy-Headed Banjo Catfish - Bunocephalichthys verrucosus
- Croaking Gourami - Trichopsis vittata
- Crystal Tetra - Hemigrammus unilineatus
- Crystal-Eyed Catfish - Mystus wyckii
- Cuban Cichlid - Cichlasoma tetracanthus
- Cuban Gar - Atractosteus tristoechus
- Cuckoo Synodontis - Synodontis multipunctatus
- Cupid Cichlid - Biotodoma cupido
- Cutter’s Cichlid - Cichlasoma septemfasciatum
- Cuvier’s Pike Characin - Boulengerella lucia
- Cyan Hap - Pseudotropheus cyaneus