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.

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Fish Scientific Names D

Dawn Loach - Botia eos
Dawn Tetra - Aphyocharax paraguayensis
Debauwi Cat - Pareutropius buffei
Decorated Synodontis - Synodontis decorus
Deepwater Hap - Placidochromis electra
Denison’s Flying Fox - Crossocheilus denisonii
Dew Fish - Tandanus tandanus
Diamond Tetra - Moenkhausia pittieri
Dickfeld’s Julie - Julidochromis dickfeldi
Disco Fish - Chanda sp.
Discus - Symphysodon discus
Discus - Blue - Symphysodon aequifasciatus haraldi
Discus - Green - Symphysodon aequifasciatus aequifasciatus
Dogtooth Cichlid - Cynotilapia afra
Dojo Loach - Misgurnus angullicaudatus
Dolphin Catfish - Pseudodoras niger
Dorsey’s Pimelodid - Pimelodella dorseyi
Dotted-Line Barb - Barbus lineomaculatus
Dovii - Parachromis dovii
Dragon Fish - Gobioides broussonnetii
Dusky Black-Striped Barb - Barbus eutaenia
Dusky Corydoras - Corydoras septentrionalis
Dusky Doradid - Anadoras grypus
Dusky Pimelodid - Pimelodus blochii
Dusky Piranha - Serrasalmus calmoni
Dwarf Corydoras - Corydoras hastatus
Dwarf Croaking Gourami - Trichopsis pumilis
Dwarf Distichodus - Distichodus decemmaculatus
Dwarf Driftwood Catfish - Tatia creutzbergi
Dwarf Giraffe Catfish - Anaspidoglanis macrostoma
Dwarf Gourami - Colisa lalia
Dwarf Livebearer - Heterandria formosa
Dwarf Loach - Botia nigrolineata
Dwarf Ornate Bagrid - Pelteobagrus ornatus
Dwarf Otocinclus - Otocinclus affinis
Dwarf Pencilfish - Nannostomus marginatus
Dwarf Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia maccullochi
Dwarf Rasbora - Boraras maculatus
Dwarf Snakehead - Channa gachua

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Plant scientific names

You can find both the common and scientific name for almost every plant listed here in our plant name database. We hope you enjoy using this site to find the scientific name of the plant you are looking for. Learning the scientific name for a plant can be very useful.

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