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 Z
- Zamora Catfish - Auchenipterichthys thoracatus
- Zebra Cichlid - Pseudotropheus zebra
- Zebra Danio - Brachydanio rerio
- Zebra Fish - Brachydanio rerio
- Zebra Loach - Botia striata
- Zebra Mbuna - Pseudotropheus zebra
- Zebra Pleco - Hypancistrus zebra
- Zebra Shovelnose - Merodontotus tigrinus
- Zebra Tilapia - Tilapia buttikoferi
- Zilli’s Tilapia - Tilapia zillii
- Zipper Loach - Noemacheilus botia
- Zollinger’s Hillstream Loach - Homaloptera zollingeri