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 T
- Tail-Light Tetra - Bryconops melanurus
- Tail-Spot Corydoras - Corydoras caudimaculatus
- Talking Catfish - Amblydoras hancocki
- Tanganyika Lampeye - Lamprichthys tanganicanus
- Tanganyikan Catfish - Lophiobagrus cyclurus
- Tapah Catfish - Wallago leerii
- Targetfish - Terapon jarbua
- Tarpon - Megalops cyprinoldes
- T-Barb - Barbus lateristriga
- Temporalis Cichlid - Telmatochromis temporalis
- Tenuis Tetra - Mimagoniates lateralis
- Ternetzi Anostomus - Anostomus ternetzi
- Texas Cichlid - Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum
- Thick-Lipped Gourami - Colisa labiosa
- Thomas’ Chaetostoma - Chaetostoma thomasi
- Threadfin Acara - Acarichthys heckelli
- Threadfin Rainbowfish - Irantherina werneri
- Thread-Finned Cichlid - Acarichthys heckelii
- Three Spot Eartheater - Geophagus daemon
- Three Spot Gourami - Trichogaster trichopterus
- Three-Lined Pencilfish - Nannostomus trifasciatus
- Three-Lined Pimelodid - Pimelodus albofasciatus
- Three-Lined Rasbora - Rasbora trilineata
- Three-Spot Earth Eater - Satanoperca daemon
- Three-Spot Gourami - Trichogaster trichopterus
- Three-Spot Tetra - Odontostilbe kriegi
- Three-Striped Dwarf Cichlid - Apistogramma trifasciata
- Three-Striped Pencilfish - Nannobrycon eques
- Ticto Barb - Barbus ticto
- Tiger Barb - Barbus schuberti
- Tiger Characin - Hydrocynus vittatus
- Tiger Loach - Botia helodes
- Tiger Ray - Potamotrygon menchacai
- Tiger Shovelnose Catfish - Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum
- Tiger Tetra - Hoplias malabaricus
- Tiger Tilapia - Tilapia mariae
- Tinfoil Barb - Barbodes schwanefeldii
- Tire Track Eel - Mastacembelus armatus
- Toae Cichlid - Neolamprologus toae
- Tretocephalus Cichlid - Neolamprologus tretocephalus
- Trewavas’ Mbuna - Labeotropheus trewavasae
- Trewava’s Neolebias - Neolebias trewavasae
- Trimac Cichlid - Cichlasoma trimaculatum
- Tropical Gar - Atractosteus tropicus
- True Red Congo Tetra - Micralestes stormsi
- Turquoise Severum - Heros appendiculatus
- Twig Catfish - Farlowella acus
- Twin-Stripe Pencilfish - Nannostomus digrammus
- Two Point Tetra - Brycinus bimaculatus
- Two-Banded Cichlid - Telmatochromis bifrenatus
- Two-Lined Pencilfish - Nannostomus bifasciatus
- Two-Rayed Banjo Catfish - Bunocephalus hypsiurus
- Two-Spot Barb - Barbus bimaculatus
- Two-Spot Cichlid - Cichlasoma bimaculatum
- Two-Spot Pink Bagrid - Mystus micracanthus
- Two-Spot Rasbora - Rasbora elegans elegans