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 P
- Pacific Fat Sleeper Goby - Dormitator latifrons
- Pacu - Myleus rubripinnis rubripinnis
- Painted Glass Fish - Chanda sp.
- Painted Talking Catfish - Acanthodoras cataphractus
- Pakistani Loach - Botia lohachata
- Palembang Pufferfish - Tetraodon biocellatus
- Panda Corydoras - Corydoras panda
- Panda Dwarf Cichlid - Apistogramma nijsseni
- Papuan Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia papuae
- Paradise Fish - Macropodus opercularis
- Paradise Threadfin - Polynemus paradiseus
- Paraense Catfish - Brachyplatystoma paraense
- Paraguay Mouthbrooder - Gymnogeophagus balzanii
- Parallel Striped Mbuna - Melanochromis parallelus
- Parkinson’s Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia parkinsoni
- Parnahybae Catfish - Brachyplatystoma parnahybae
- Paroon Shark - Pangasius sanitswongi
- Parrot Cichlid - Hoplarchus psittacus
- Parrot Pacu - Ossubtus xinguensis
- Pasionis Cichlid - Cichlasoma pasionis
- Pastel Cichlid - Amphilophus alfari
- Payne’s Synodontis - Mochokiella paynei
- Peaceful Betta - Betta imbellis
- Peacock Cichlid - Cichla ocellaris
- Peacock Eel - Macrognathus aculeatus
- Peacock Goby - Tateurndina ocellicauda
- Pearl Cichlid - Geophagus brasiliensis
- Pearl Danio - Danio albolineatus
- Pearl Gourami - Trichogaster leeri
- Pearl Roach - Rutilus erythrophthamus
- Pearl-Linned Lamprologus - Neolamprologus tetracanthus
- Pearly Lamprologus - Altolamprologus calvus
- Penang Mouthbrooding Fighter - Betta pugnax
- Penguin Tetra - Thayeria boehlkei
- Pepper Tetra - Axelrodia stigmatias
- Peppered Corydoras - Corydoras paleatus
- Perruno Catfish - Perrunichthys perruno
- Peruvian Tetra - Hyphessobrycon peruvianus
- Peter’s Elephantnose - Gnathonemus petersii
- Pictus Catfish - Pimelodus pictus
- Pig-Face Pufferfish - Tetraodon suvatti
- Pike Cichlid - Crenicichla lepidota
- Pike Piranha - Serrasalmus elongatus
- Piketop Minnow - Belonesox belizanus
- Pinche Piranha - Serrasalmus eigenmanni
- Pingi Logsucker - Garra pingi pingi
- Pinktailed Chaleus - Chalceus macrolepidotus
- Piraiba Catfish - Brachyplatystoma filamentosum
- Piraya Piranha - Serrasalmus piraya
- Pittier’s Tetra - Moenkhausia pitteri
- Plain Goby Cichlid - Spathodus marlieri
- Plain Nattereri - Copella nattereri
- Platinum Tetra - Hemigrammus vorderwinkleri
- Platy - Xiphophorus maculatus
- Pleco - Hypostomus plecostomus
- Plumed Lyretail - Aphyosemion filamentosum
- Pollen’s Cichlid - Paratilapia polleni “Madagascar”
- Polli Marbled Bichir - Polypterus palmas polli
- Poll’s Upside-Down Catfish - Synodontis polli
- Port Acara - Aequidens portalegrensis
- Port Hoplo - Hoplosternum thoracatum
- Porthole Catfish - Dianema longibarbis
- Powder Blue Gourami - Colisa lalia
- Praecox Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia praecox
- Pretty Pleco - Peckoltia pulcher
- Pretty Tetra - Hemigrammus pulcher
- Pumpkinseed - Lepomis gibbosus
- Purple Cichlid - Pelvicachromis pulcher
- Purple Headed Barb - Barbus nigrofasciatus
- Purple Mbuna - Melanochromis vermivorus
- Purple-Spotted Gudgeon - Mogurnda adspersa
- Purple-Striped Gudgeon - Mogurnda mogurnda
- Pygmy Rasbora - Boraras maculatus