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 M
- Macculloch’s Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia maccullochi
- Macmaster’s Dwarf Cichlid - Apistogramma macmasteri
- Madagascar Rainbowfish - Bedotia geayi
- Madeirae Swamp Eel - Synbranchus madeirae
- Magnificent Rasbora - Rasbora borapetensis
- Malabar Pufferfish - Tetraodon travancorius
- Malarmo Catfish - Duopalatinus malarmo
- Malawi Blue Dolphin - Cyrtocara moorii
- Malawi Eye-Biter - Dimidiochromis compressiceps
- Malawi Golden Cichlid - Melanochromis auratus
- Malay Combtail - Belontia hasselti
- Manchurian Loach - Leptobotia mantschurica
- Mangrove Red Snapper - Lutjanus argentimaculatus
- Many Banded Shell-Dweller - Neolamprologus multifasciatus
- Many-Spotted Cory - Corydoras polystictus
- Marakeli Cichlid - Paratilapia polleni “Madagascar”
- Marbled Bichir - Polypterus palmas
- Marbled Hatchetfish - Carnegiella strigata strigata
- Marbled Headstander - Abramites hypselonotus
- Marbled Lamprologus - Lepidiolamprologus attenuatus
- Marbled Livingston’s Hap - Nimbochromis livingstonii
- Marbled Otocinclus - Otocinclus paulinus
- Marbled Sleeper Goby - Oxyeleotris marmorata
- Marbled Swamp Eel - Synbranchus marmoratus
- Marigold Swordtail - Xiphophorus helleri
- Marigold Wag Swordtail - Xiphophorus helleri
- Marlier’s Julie - Julidochromis marlieri
- Marylin’s Pencilfish - Nannostomus marylinae
- Masked Julie - Julidochromis transcriptus
- Meridionalis Gray Bichir - Polypterus senegalus meridionalis
- Mexican Sailfin Molly - Poecilia velifera
- Mexican Swordtail - Xiphophorus montizumae
- Mexican Tetra - Astyanax fasciatus mexicanus
- Midas Cichlid - Amphilophus citrinellus
- Millions Fish - Poecilia reticulata
- Modest Loach - Botia modesta
- Molly - Poecilia latipinna
- Molly “Black” - Poecilia sphenops
- Mono - Monodactylus argenteus
- Montezuma helleri - Xiphophorus montizumae
- Moonfish “Red Wag” - Xiphophorus maculatus “Red Wag”
- Moonfish “Vtiatus Sunset” - Xiphophorus maculatus “Vtiatus Sunset”
- Moonlight Gourami - Trichogaster microlepis
- Moore’s Lamprologus - Variabilichromis moorii
- Mosaic Gourami - Trichogaster leeri
- Moss Barb - Capoeta tetrazona
- Motoro Stingray - Potamotrygon motoro
- Mottled Ctenopoma - Ctenopoma oxrynchum
- Mottled Stingray - Potamotrygon hystrix
- Mountain Barbel - Amphilius platychir
- Moustache Synodontis - Synodontis membranaceus
- Mudskipper - Periophthalmus barbarus
- Multifasciatus Dwarf Cichlid - Neolamprologus multifasciatus
- Multiradiatus Pleco - Liposarcus multiradiatus
- Murray River Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia fluviatilis
- Mustache Zamora - Auchenipterus nuchalis