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 H
- Haitian Cichlid - Cichlasoma haitiensis
- Half-Lined Pyrrhulina - Pyrrhulina laeta
- Half-Striped Barb - Barbus semifasciolatus
- Hampala Barb - Hampala macrolepidota
- Harlequin - Rasbora heteromorpha
- Harlequin Rasbora - Rasbora heteromorpha
- Harlequin Shark - Labeo cyclorhynchus
- Harrison’s Pencilfish - Nannostomus harrisoni
- Hatchetfish - Gasteropelecus sternicla
- Head & Tail Light Tetra - Hemigrammus ocellifer
- Heterotis - Heterotis niloticus
- Hi-Fin Banded Shark - Myxocyprinus asiaticus
- High-Backed Headstander - Abramites hypselonotus
- High-Backed Tetra - Citharinus citharus
- Hi-Spot Rasbora - Rasbora dorsiocellata dorsiocellata
- Hog-Nosed Brochis - Brochis multiradiatus
- Holland’s Piranha - Serrasalmus hollandi
- Honey Gourami - Colisa chuna “Gold”
- Hong Kong Pleco - Gastromyzon ctenocephalus
- Hora’s Loach - Botia morleti
- Horsefaced Loach - Acantopsis choirorhynchos
- Humeralis Piranha - Serrasalmus humeralis
- Hyena Cichlid - Nimbochromis polystigma