Animal scientific names
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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 S
- Saddle Cichlid - Aequidens tetramerus
- Saddleback Hill-Stream Loach - Gastromyzon punctulatus
- Saddled Bichir - Polypterus endlicheri
- Saddled Hillstream Loach - Homaloptera orthogoniata
- SAE - Crossocheilus siamensis
- Sailfin Brochis - Brochis splendens
- Sailfin Characin - Crenuchus spilurus
- Sailfin Marbled Pimelodid - Leiarius pictus
- Sailfin Molly - Poecilia velifera
- Sailfin Pleco - Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps
- Sajica Cichlid - Cichlasoma sajica
- Salaween River Danio - Brachydanio shanisis
- Salvini Cichlid - Cichlasoma salvini
- Saulosi Mbuna - Pseudotropheus saulosi
- Scat - Scatophagus argus
- Schwanefeld’s Barb - Barbodes schwanefeldii
- Scissor-Tail Rasbora - Rasbora trilineata
- Seba Mono - Psettus sebae
- Senegalus Bichir - Polypterus senegalus
- Serpae Tetra - Hyphessobrycon eques
- Serrated Piranha - Serrasalmus serrulatus
- Seven Spotted Archerfish - Toxotes chatareus
- Severum - Heros severus
- Severus - Heros severus
- Sharp Toothed Tetra - Micralestes acutidens
- Short-Finned Congo Tetra - Hemigrammopetersius intermedius
- Short-Lined Pyrrhulina - Pyrrhulina brevis brevis
- Shortnose Gar - Lepisosteus platostomus
- Shortnose Sturgeon - Acipenser brevirostrum
- Shovelnose Catfish - Sorubim lima
- Shovelnose Sturgeon - Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
- Siamese Algae Eater - Crossocheilus siamensis
- Siamese Fighting Fish - Betta splendens
- Siamese Flying Fox - Crossocheilus siamensis
- Siamese Tigerfish - Coius microlepis
- Sierra Leone Barb - Barbus leonensis
- Sierra Leone Dwarf Characin - Ladigesia roloffi
- Silver & Red Barb - Hampala macrolapidota
- Silver Arowana - Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
- Silver Cichlid - Vieja argentea
- Silver Distichodus - Distichodus affinis
- Silver Dollar - Metynnis argenteus
- Silver Gourami - Trichogaster trichopterus
- Silver Hatchetfish - Gasteropelecus sternicla
- Silver Hemiodopsis - Hemiodopsis immaculatus
- Silver Mylossoma - Mylossoma duriventre
- Silver Needlefish - Xenentodon cancila
- Silver Pacu - Colossoma brachypomus
- Silver Prochilodus - Semaprochilodus taeniurus
- Silver Scat - Selenotoca multifasciata
- Silver Shark - Balantiocheilus melanopterus
- Silver Silk - Polynemus paradiseus
- Silvertip Tetra - Hasemania nana
- Six Barred Epiplatys - Epiplatys sexfaciatus
- Six-Bar Lamprologus - Neolamprologus sexfasciatus
- Six-Barred Distichodus - Distichodus sexfasciatus
- Skunk Loach - Botia morleti
- Slant Nosed Gar - Ctenolucius hujeta hujeta
- Sleepy Cod - Oxyeleotirs marmoratus
- Slender Hemiodus - Hemiodus gracilis
- Slender Mbuna - Pseudotropheus elongatus
- Slender-Tail Hap - Buccochromis lepturus
- Smallmouth Buffalo - Ictiobus bubalus
- Snakefish - Erpetoichthys calabaricus
- Snakeskin Gourami - Trichogaster pectoralis
- Snow King Pleco - Liposarcus anisitsi
- Socolof’s Mbuna - Pseudotropheus socolofi
- Socolof’s Tetra - Gymnocorymbus socolofi
- Southern Julie - Julidochromis ornatus
- Southern Soft-Spined Rainbowfish - Rhadinocentrus ornatus
- Spangled Jewel Perch - Leiopotherapon unicolor
- Spanner Barb - Barbus lateristriga
- Sparkling Earth Eater - Satanoperca acuticeps
- Sparkling Geophagus - Geophagus acuticeps
- Sparkling Panchax - Aplocheilus lineatus
- Speciosus Cichlid - Lamprologus speciosus
- Speckled Gobie Cichlid - Tanganicodus irsacae
- Spike-Tailed Paradise Fish - Pseudosphromenus cupanus
- Spilotum - Cichlasoma nicaraguense
- Spiny Eel - Macrognathus aculeatus
- Spiny Pleco - Pseudacanthicus spinosus
- Splash Tetra - Copella arnoldi
- Spotfin Tetra - Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma
- Spot-Line Peacock Cichlid - Cichla temensis
- Spotnosed Gar - Lepisosteus platostomus
- Spotted African Lungfish - Protopterus dolloi
- Spotted Barb - Barbus binotatus
- Spotted Barramundi - Scleropages leichardtii
- Spotted Blue-Eye - Pseudomugil gertrudae
- Spotted Bristle-Nosed Pleco - Ancistrus hoplogenys
- Spotted Cachorro - Acestrorhynchus falcatus
- Spotted Climbing Perch - Ctenopoma acutirostre
- Spotted Doras - Agamyxis pectinifrons
- Spotted Gar - Lepisosteus oculatus
- Spotted Gourami - Malpulutta kretseri
- Spotted Hoplo - Hoplosternum pectorale
- Spotted Pike Characin - Boulengerella maculata
- Spotted Pimelodid - Pimelodus maculatus
- Spotted Pimelodus - Pimelodus pictus
- Spotted Piranha - Serrasalmus rhombeus
- Spotted Rasbora - Boraras maculatus
- Spotted Shovelnose - Hemisorubim platyrhynchos
- Spotted Silver Dollar - Metynnis lippincottianus
- Spotted Snakehead - Channa punctata
- Spotted Tail Mosquitofish - Heterandria bimaculata
- Spotted Thick-Lipped Loach - Nemacheilus strauchi
- Spotted Zamora - Auchenipterichthys longimanus
- Squarehead Earth Eater - Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys
- Star-Gazing Doradid - Astrodoras asterifrons
- Star-Gazing Pike Cichlid - Crenicichla cametana
- Steindachner’s Dwarf Cichlid - Apistogramma steindachneri
- Sterba’s Corydoras - Corydoras sterbai
- Sterlet - Acipenser ruthenus
- Stoliczka’s Loach - Nemacheilus stoliczkai
- Stone Loach - Barbatula barbatula
- Strigata Pike Cichlid - Crenicichla strigata
- Striolatus Piranha - Serrasalmus striolatus
- Striped African Darter - Nannocharax fasciatus
- Striped Anostomus - Anostomus anostomus
- Striped Goby Cichlid - Eretomodus cyanostictus
- Striped Headstander - Anostomus anostomus
- Striped Julie - Julidochromis regani
- Striped Lamprologus - Neolamprologus buescheri
- Striped Metynnis - Metynnis fasciatus
- Striped Panchax - Aplocheilus lineatus
- Striped Phyrrhulina - Pyrrhulina vittata
- Striped Pike Characin - Boulengerella lateristriga
- Striped Silver Dollar - Metynnis hypsauchen fasciatus
- Striped Sleeper Goby - Dormitator maculatus
- Striped Snakehead - Channa striata
- Striped Synodontis - Synodontis flavitaeniatus
- Striped Tailor - Alburnoides taeniatus
- Sturgeon Catfish - Platystomatichthys sturio
- Sucker Barb - Barbichthys laevis
- Sucking Loach - Gyrinocheilus aymonieri
- Sulphurhead Hap - Otopharynx lithobates
- Sumatran Barb - Capoeta tetrazona
- Sun Loach - Botia eos
- Suriname Eartheater - Geophagus proximus
- Swordtail - Xiphophorus hellerii
- Swordtail Characin - Corynopoma riisei