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 K
- Kafirnigani Gray Loach - Triplophysa dorsalis kafirnigani
- Katangae Nile Bichir - Polypterus bichir katangae
- Kenyi Cichlid - Pseudotropheus lombardoi
- Keyhole Cichlid - Cleithracara maronii
- King Bagrid - Heterobagrus bocourti
- Kingsley’s Ctenopoma - Ctenopoma kingsleyae
- Kissing Gourami - Helostoma temmincki
- Kiver - Lepomis gibbosus
- Kner’s Banjo Catfish - Dysichthys knerii
- Knight Gobie - Stigmatogobius sadanundio
- Kooliad Barb - Barbus tetrazona
- Kribensis (Krib) - Pelvicachromis pulcher
- Kuhli Loach - Pangio kuhlii
- Kuhli Loach “Black” - Pangio javanicus
- Kuiper’s Loach - Nemacheilus selangoricus
- Kyburz Tetra - Pseudochalceus kyburzi