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 E
- Earth Eater - Satanoperca jurupari
- Eastern Mudminnow - Umbra pygmea
- Echigonia Loach - Lefua echigonia
- Edible Gourami - Osphronemus gorami
- Eduard’s Mbuna - Pseudotropheus socolofi
- Eel Loach - Pangio anguillaris
- Egyptian Mouthbrooder - Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor
- Eigenmann’s Doradid - Orinocodoras eigenmanni
- Eight-Barb Loach - Lefua costata
- Electric Blue Hap - Sciaenochromis ahli
- Electric Catfish - Malapterurus electricus
- Electric Eel - Electrophorus electricus
- Electric Yellow Hap - Labidochromis caeruleus
- Elegant Rasbora - Rasbora elegans elegans
- Elephant-Nose Cichlid - Nimbochromis linni
- Elongated Lepidiolamprologus - Lepidiolamprologus elongatus
- Emperor Tetra - Nematobrycon palmeri
- Empire Gudgeon - Hypseleotris compressa
- Entsuyui - Myxocyprinus asiaticus
- Espe’s Pencilfish - Nannostomus espei
- Ethiopian Lungfish - Protopterus aethiopicus aethiopicus
- European Wels - Silurus glanis
- Everglades Pigmy Sunfish - Elassoma evergladei
- Eye Spot Loach - Acanthocobitis botia
- Eye Spot Sleeper - Tateurndina ocellicauda
- Eye-Lined Pyrrhulina - Pyrrhulina rachoviana