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 G
- Gamitana - Colossoma macropomum
- Gar - Boulengerella lateristriga
- Garbei Cory - Corydoras garbei
- German Ram - Microgeophagus ramirezi
- Gertrude’s Blue-Eye - Pseudomugil gertrudae
- Geryi Piranha - Serrasalmus geryi
- Giant Australian Glassfish - Parambassis gulliveri
- Giant Brochis - Brochis britskii
- Giant Danio - Danio aequipinnatus
- Giant Gourami - Osphronemus goramy
- Giant Pacu - Colossoma macropomum
- Giant Puffer - Tetraodon mbu
- Giant Raphael - Megalodoras irwini
- Giant Snakehead - Channa marulius
- Giant Tanganyika Cichlid - Boulengerochromis microlepis
- Giant Whiptail Catfish - Sturisoma aureum
- Gilded Catfish - Brachyplatystoma flavicans
- Giraffe Catfish - Auchenoglanis occidentalis
- Girardinus - Girardinus metallicus
- Glass Catfish - Kryptopterus bicirrhis
- Glittering Pencilfish - Nannostomus nitidus
- Glowlight Tetra - Hemigrammus erythrozonus
- Goeldi’s Pimelodid - Brachyplatystoma goeldii
- Gold Barb - Barbus schuberti
- Gold Dust Molly - Poecilia sphenops
- Gold Line Scissor Tail - Moenkhausia intermedia
- Gold Piranha - Serrasalmus aureus
- Golden Dwarf Cichlid - Nannacara anomala
- Golden Gourami “Pseudo Albino” - Trichogaster trichopterus
- Golden Julie - Julidochromis ornatus
- Golden Pencilfish - Nannostomus beckfordi
- Golden Pheasant - Aphyosemion sjoestedti
- Golden Tetra - Hemigrammus rodwayi
- Golden Trahira - Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus
- Golden Tropheops - Pseudotropheus tropheops
- Golden Whiptail - Sturisoma aureum
- Golden Zebra Loach - Botia robusta
- Goldfish - Carassius auratus
- Goldie River Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia goldiei
- Grant’s Peacock Cichlid - Aulonocara stuartgranti
- Granulated Catfish - Pterodoras granulosus
- Gray Loach - Triplophysa dorsalis
- Gray Pike Cichlid - Crenicichla johanna
- Green Brab - Barbus semifasciolatus
- Green Chromide - Etroplus suratensis
- Green Cory - Corydoras aeneus
- Green Discus - Symphysodon aequifasciatus
- Green Lepturus - Buccochromis lepturus
- Green Pufferfish - Tetraodon nigroviridis
- Green Scat - Scatophagus argus argus
- Green Severus - Heros serverus
- Green Sturgeon - Acipenser medirostris
- Green Terror - Aequidens rivulatus
- Green Tiger Barb - Barbus schuberti
- Green Tiger Loach - Botia hymenophysa
- Guenther’s Cichlid - Chromidotilapia guentheri guentheri
- Guinean Bichir - Polypterus ansorgii
- Gulio Catfish - Mystus gulio
- Gunther’s Cichlid - Chromidatilapia guentheri
- Guppy - Poecilia reticulata
- Guyana Slopehead Catfish - Ageneiosus brevifilis