Gollum

From English Gollum, the character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, "to whom this shark bears some resemblance in form and habits." See more on Wikipedia: Slender smooth-hound § Taxonomy and phylogeny.

A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudotriakidae – the slender smooth-hound and gollumsharks.


Actinopterygii

New Latin, actino- (“having rays”) + Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing, fins”).

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A taxonomic class within the superclass Osteichthyes.

A taxonomic superclass within the infraphylum Gnathostomata.


Lamnidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lamniformes – various sharks.


Carcharodon carcharias

Carcharodon + Ancient Greek καρχαρίας (karkharías, “shark”), from κάρχαρος (kárkharos, “sharp, jagged”)

A taxonomic species within the family Lamnidae – great white shark, found in most oceans, excepting polar regions.


Lamniformes

A taxonomic order within the superorder Selachimorpha – the mackerel sharks.

†Anacoracidae

order): Alopiidae (thresher shark), Cetorhinidae (basking shark), Lamnidae (great mackerel shark), Megachasmidae (megamouth shark), Mitsukurinidae (goblin shark), Odontaspididae (sand tiger), Pseudocarchariidae (crocodile shark) (families


Carcharodon

From Ancient Greek καρχαρόδων (karkharódōn, “having sharp teeth”), from κάρχαρος (kárkharos, “sharp, jagged”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamnidae – great white shark.


Selachimorpha

Ancient Greek σέλαχος (sélakhos, “cartilaginous fish, sharks and rays”) + -morpha

A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Elasmobranchii – sharks; synonym of Selachii.


Elasmobranchii

From Ancient Greek ἔλασμα (élasma, “metal plate”) + βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).

A taxonomic subclass within the class Chondrichthyes.

A taxonomic class within the superclass Chondrichthyes.


Tilapia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cichlidae – tilapia fish.

Tilapia aurea

(genus): Tilapia sparrmani (banded tilapia) - type species; Tilapia baloni, Tilapia brevimanus, Tilapia busumana, Tilapia guinasana (Otjikoto tilapia), Tilapia pra, Tilapia ruweti (Okavango tilapia) - other accepted species

Tilapia galilaea

now Sarotherodon galilaeus, Galilee cichlid

Tilapia heudeloti

now Sarotherodon melanotheron, Senegal cichlid

Tilapia macrochir

now Oreochromis macrochir, longfin tilapia

Tilapia mariae

now Pelmatolapia mariae, spotted tilapia

Tilapia melanotheron

now Sarotherodon melanotheron, blackchin tilapia

Tilapia rendalli

now Coptodon rendalli, redbreast tilapia

Tilapia buttikoferi

now Heterotilapia buttikoferi, zebra tilapia


Xenopterygii

A taxonomic order within the class Actinopterygii – bony fishes; coextensive with the family Gobiesocidae.


Gonostomatoidei

A taxonomic suborder within the order Stomiiformes – the bristlemouths etc.


Betta

New Latin, from Malay ikan bettah, from Malay ikan (“fish”) + Malay bettah (“the name of an ancient warrior tribe”).

Siamese fighting fish
Siamese fighting fish

A taxonomic genus within the family Osphronemidae – fish, including species Betta splendens, the Siamese fighting fish.


Tetraodontidae

A taxonomic family within the order Tetraodontiformes – a family of fish, such as the pufferfish.


Percidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – some perciform fish, including the perch.

Ammocrypta

family): Etheostomatinae, Luciopercinae, Percinae (subfamilies


Cyprinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Cypriniformes – carps and minnows.

(family): Acheilognathinae, Barbinae, Cultrinae, Cyprininae, Danioninae, Garrinae, Gobioninae, Hypophthalmichthyinae, Leuciscinae, Rasborinae, Schizothoracinae, Xenocypridinae - subfamilies

Cyprinidae on Wikispecies for the genera

including many not yet assigned to subfamilies


Sphyrnidae

A taxonomic family within the order Carcharhiniformes – the hammerhead sharks etc.


Carcharhiniformes

A taxonomic order within the superorder Selachimorpha – ground sharks.


Sphyrna

Corruption of Ancient Greek σφῦρα (sphûra, “hammer, mallet”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphyrnidae – the hammerhead sharks.


Smegmamorpha

An acronym from the six taxa which originally comprises the group. + -morpha

A taxonomic clade within the superorder Acanthopterygii – including swamp eels, mullets, sticklebacks, sea horses, spiny eels, rainbowfishes, and killifishes.


Acanthodii

A taxonomic class within the infraphylum Gnathostomata – an extinct class of spiny sharks.


Amiiformes

A taxonomic order within the infraclass Holostei – mostly extinct primitive ray-finned fish having abbreviate heterocercal tail, fusiform body, and median fin rays.


Triakidae

A taxonomic family within the order Carcharhiniformes – hound sharks.


Lactarius

From Latin lactārius (“pertaining to milk”), derived from lac (“milk”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lactariidae – false travallies (fish).


Sander

A taxonomic genus within the family Percidae – zanders.


Carcharodon megalodon

Carcharodon + Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “great, large”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”)

A taxonomic species within the family Lamnidae – a prehistoric shark, related to the great white shark, known only from fossils.


Melanogrammus aeglefinus

A taxonomic species within the family Gadidae – the haddock.


Beloniformes

The needlefishes and related fishes, such as ricefishes, flyingfishes, halfbeaks, and sauries.

A taxonomic order within the class Actinopterygii.

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei.


Catostomidae

A taxonomic family within the order Cypriniformes – suckers (fish).


Cottidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – the family of sculpins.


Zoarcidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – eelpouts.


Carassius auratus

A taxonomic species within the family Cyprinidae – the goldfish.


Carcharhinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Carcharhiniformes – the requiem sharks.

†Abdounia

family): Carcharhinus - type genus; Galeocerdo (tiger shark), Glyphis, Isogomphodon, Lamiopsis (broadfin shark), Loxodon (sliteye shark), Nasolamia (whitenose shark), Negaprion (lemon shark), Prionace (blue shark), Rhizoprionodon (sharpnose shark), Scoliodon (spadenose shark), Triaenodon (whitetip reef shark) (genera


Characiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – now consisting of small freshwater fish, including tetras and piranhas, native to South and Central America.


Gadus morhua

A taxonomic species within the family Gadidae – Atlantic cod or common cod.


Zoarces

A taxonomic genus within the family Zoarcidae – the eelpouts.


Zoarces viviparus

A taxonomic species within the family Zoarcidae – viviparous blenny.


Isistius

A taxonomic genus within the family Dalatiidae.


Rhincodontidae

A taxonomic family within the order Orectolobiformes – whale shark (Rhincodon typus).


Isurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamnidae – mackerel shark.


Galeocerdo

A taxonomic genus within the family Carcharhinidae – tiger shark.


Galeorhinus galeus

A taxonomic species within the family Triakidae – school shark.


Galeocerdo cuvier

A taxonomic species within the family Carcharhinidae – tiger shark.


Somniosus

A taxonomic genus within the family Dalatiidae – certain dogfish sharks.


Alopiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lamniformes – thresher shark.


Carcharhinus longimanus

oceanic whitetip shark
oceanic whitetip shark

A taxonomic species within the family Carcharhinidae – oceanic whitetip shark.


Negaprion

A taxonomic genus within the family Carcharhinidae – the lemon sharks.

†Negaprion eurybathrodon

(genus): Negaprion acutidens (sicklefin lemon shark) - type species; Negaprion brevirostris - other extant species


Mitsukurina

From the name of Japanese zoologist Kakichi Mitsukuri.

A taxonomic genus within the family Mitsukurinidae – the goblin shark and extinct relatives.

†Mitsukurina lineata

genus): Mistukurina owstoni (sole extant species


Rhincodon typus

A taxonomic species within the family Rhincodontidae – whale shark.


Sphyrna tiburo

A taxonomic species within the family Sphyrnidae – bonnethead.


Somniosus microcephalus

A taxonomic species within the family Dalatiidae – Greenland shark.


Carcharhinus leucas

A taxonomic species within the family Carcharhinidae – bull shark.


Negaprion brevirostris

A taxonomic species within the family Carcharhinidae – lemon shark.


Mitsukurinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lamniformes – the goblin shark and extinct relatives.


Isistius brasiliensis

A taxonomic species within the family Dalatiidae – cookiecutter shark.


Eusphyra blochii

A taxonomic species within the family Sphyrnidae – the winghead shark.


Mitsukurina owstoni

A taxonomic species within the family Mitsukurinidae – goblin shark.


Triaenodon obesus

A taxonomic species within the family Carcharhinidae – whitetip reef shark.


Triaenodon

From Ancient Greek τρίαινα (tríaina, “trident”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Carcharhinidae – whitetip reef shark.


Orectolobiformes

A taxonomic order within the superorder Selachimorpha – carpet sharks.

Hemiscylliidae

bamboo shark, some carpet shark, and epaulette shark


Rhincodon

ῥίνη (rhínē, “rasp”) + -odon; intrusive c from a printer's error; name conserved by ICZN. (See EtyFish.)

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhincodontidae – whale shark (Rhincodon typus).


Lamna nasus

A taxonomic species within the family Lamnidae – porbeagle.


Lamna

From Ancient Greek λάμνα (lámna), variation of λάμια (lámia, “kind of shark”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamnidae – porbeagles.


Dalatiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Squaliformes – the kitefin sharks.


Alopias

From Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx, “fox”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Alopiidae – thresher shark.


Galeorhinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Triakidae – the school shark.


Carcharhinus

New Latin, from Latin carcharinus, from carchărus (“shark”) (from Ancient Greek καρχαρίας (karkharías)) + -inus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Carcharhinidae – typical requiem sharks.

Carcharhinus brachyurus

bronze whaler, copper shark, narrowtooth shark


Myoxocephalus scorpius

A taxonomic species within the family Cottidae – shorthorn sculpin.


Luciobarbus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – the mangar and certain barbels.


Barbinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cyprinidae – many barbs.


Luciobarbus esocinus

A taxonomic species within the family Cyprinidae – the mangar, a large fish native to the Tigris-Euphrates river system.


Characidae

A taxonomic family within the order Characiformes – the characids, freshwater tropical and subtropical fish, including the tetras.

Agoniates

(family): Agoniatinae, Aphyocharacinae, Aphyoditeinae, Characinae, Cheirodontinae, Pristellinae, Pseudochalceinae, Rhoadsiinae, Stethaprioninae, Stevardiinae, Tetragonopterinae - subfamilies

Characidae on Wikipedia and Characidae on Wikispecies for other genera


Catostomus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Catostomidae – the suckers.


Holostei

Bony fish with primitive characteristics; the bowfin and the gars

A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Neopterygii.


Dipturus

A taxonomic genus within the family Rajidae – numerous hardnose skates.


Ammodytes

From Ancient Greek ἀμμοδύτης (ammodútēs, “sand burrower”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ammodytidae – sand lances and sand eels.


Ammodytidae

A taxonomic family within the order Uranoscopiformes – sand lances or sand eels.


Astyanax

From Ancient Greek Ἀστυάναξ (Astuánax), nickname of the firstborn son of Hector. Some species epithets also refer to the Trojan War.

A taxonomic genus within the family Characidae – numerous fish, including some of the tetras.


Etheostoma

From Ancient Greek ἠθέω (ēthéō, “to sift”) + -stoma, literally “sift-mouth.”

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A taxonomic genus within the family Percidae – many of the darters, freshwater perciform fish of North America.

Etheostoma acuticeps

genus): Etheostoma (Allohistium), Etheostoma (Belophlox), Etheostoma (Boleosoma), Etheostoma (Catonotus), Etheostoma (Doration), Etheostoma (Etheostoma), Etheostoma (Fuscatelum), Etheostoma (Hololepis), Etheostoma (Ioa), Etheostoma (Litocara), Etheostoma (Microperca), Etheostoma (Nothonotus), Etheostoma (Oligocephalus), Etheostoma (Ozarka), Etheostoma (Poecilichthys), Etheostoma (Psychromaster), Etheostoma (Ulocentra), Etheostoma (Vaillantia), Etheostoma (Villora) (subgenera


Amioidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Amiiformes – primitive ray-finned fish, including the single extant species Amia calva.


Amiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Amiiformes – the bowfin and extinct relatives.


Amiinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Amiidae – the single genus Amia.


Amia

From Latin amia, from Ancient Greek ἀμία (amía).

A taxonomic genus within the family Amiidae – The single extant species Amia calva (bowfin).


Amia calva

A taxonomic species within the family Amiidae – the bowfin, last surviving species of the order Amiiformes.


Alosinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Clupeidae – shads.


Placodermi

New Latin, from Ancient Greek stem of πλάξ (pláx, “something broad or flat”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).

A taxonomic class within the infraphylum Gnathostomata – placoderms, extinct armored fish that lived from the Silurian to the Devonian periods.


Oryzias

New Latin, from Latin oryza (“rice”) + -ias

A taxonomic genus within the family Adrianichthyidae – the ricefishes, small fish found in rice paddies.

for other species see link to Fishbase below


Nanochromis transvestitus

Nanochromis + English transvestite + -us

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English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">transvestite</i>

A taxonomic species within the family Cichlidae – a cichlid, unusual in that the male is more colorful and distinctively marked than the female, endemic to Lake Mai-Ndombe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Diodontidae

A taxonomic family within the order Tetraodontiformes – called porcupinefish.


Anarhichadidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – wolffish and wolf eel.


Anarhichas

A taxonomic genus within the family Anarhichadidae – wolfishes.


Anarhichas lupus

A taxonomic species within the family Anarhichadidae – Atlantic wolffish.


Anarhichas denticulatus

A taxonomic species within the family Anarhichadidae – rock turbot or northern wolffish, of the North Atlantic.


Cyprinodontidae

A taxonomic family within the order Cyprinodontiformes – killifishes.

Cubanichthys

Cyprinidontini, Orestiniini - tribes in Cyprinodontinae


Osteoglossidae

A taxonomic family within the order Osteoglossiformes – bonytongues.

Osteoglossum

(family): Heterotidinae, Osteoglossinae - subfamilies


Anabantiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – certain freshwater fish of Asia and Africa.

Anabantidae

(order): Anabantoidei, Channoidei, Nandoidei - suborders


Carangiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei.


Scaridae

A taxonomic family within the order Labriformes – parrotfishes.

Bolbometopon

(family): Scarinae, Sparisomatinae – subfamilies


Scarus

A taxonomic genus within the family Scaridae – certain parrotfishes.


Scopelidae

(obsolete) A taxonomic family within the order Teleostei – certin deep-water teleostean fishes, the type genus now synonymised with genus Myctophum and most species in Scopelidae now in family Myctophidae (lanternfishes).


Opsanus

A taxonomic genus within the family Batrachoididae – toadfishes.


Galaxias

A taxonomic genus within the family Galaxiidae – freshwater fish, principally of Australia and New Zealand.


Pomatomus saltatrix

A taxonomic species within the family Pomatomidae – the fish species most commonly called bluefish.


Dissostichus eleginoides

Patagonian toothfish
Patagonian toothfish

A taxonomic species within the family Nototheniidae – Patagonian toothfish; Chilean sea bass.


Channa maculata

A taxonomic species within the family Channidae – blotched snakehead. a fish native to East Asia.


Channa

From Ancient Greek χάννη (khánnē, “sea perch”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Channidae – snakehead fishes.


Dissostichus

From Ancient Greek δισσός (dissós, “double; twice”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Nototheniidae – toothfishes.


Dissostichus mawsoni

Dissostichus + mawsoni, from Ancient Greek δισσός (dissós, “double; twice”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line”), and (Sir Douglas) Mawson, the leader of an Antarctic expedition during which specimens were collected.

A taxonomic species within the family Nototheniidae – Antarctic toothfish.


Olyra

Borrowed from Latin olȳra, subsequently from Ancient Greek ὄλῡρᾰ (ólūra).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bagridae – naked catfishes.


Notopterus

→ Russian: нотопте́рус (notoptérus)

A taxonomic genus within the family Notopteridae.


Cichla

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κίχλη (kíkhlē, “wrasse”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Cichlidae – peacock basses.


Mormyrus

From Ancient Greek μορμύρος (mormúros, “Lithognathus mormyrus (syn. Pagellus mormyrus)”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Mormyridae – certain ray-finned fishes.


Gerres

A taxonomic genus within the family Gerreidae – mojarras found mostly in coastal regions from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific.


Girella

A taxonomic genus within the family Kyphosidae – sea chubs mostly native to the Pacific Ocean.


Doradidae

A taxonomic family within the order Siluriformes – thorny catfishes or talking catfishes.


Knightia

Named after American geologist Wilbur Clinton Knight.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Clupeidae – bony fish that lived in the freshwater lakes and rivers of North America and Asia during the Eocene epoch.


Aulostomus

A taxonomic genus within the family Aulostomidae – trumpetfishes.


Heterostraci

A taxonomic subclass within the class Pteraspidomorphi – extinct pteraspidomorph jawless vertebrates that lived primarily in marine and estuary environments.


Auxis thazard

A taxonomic species within the family Scombridae – frigate mackerel, frigate tuna.


Malacanthidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – tilefishes.

Branchiostegus

(family): Latilinae, Malacanthinae - subfamilies


Clarias

A taxonomic genus within the family Clariidae.


Clariidae

airbreathing catfish
airbreathing catfish

A taxonomic family within the order Siluriformes – airbreathing catfish.


Clarias batu

A taxonomic species within the family Clariidae – Tioman walking catfish.


Halecostomi

A taxonomic clade within the subclass Neopterygii – the halecostomes.


Squaloraja

A taxonomic genus within the family †Squalorajidae – †Squaloraja polyspondyla, sole species.


Brachyglanis

Prefixed with English brachy-, derived from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús).

A taxonomic genus within the family Heptapteridae – certain three-barbed catfishes.


Ophichthus

Ancient Greek ὄφῐς (óphis, “snake”) + Ancient Greek ἰχθῡ́ς (ikhthū́s, “fish”), literally “snake-fish”

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A taxonomic genus within the family Ophichthidae – certain snake eels.


Brycon

A taxonomic genus within the family Characidae – certain freshwater fish of South and Central America.


Gobius

A taxonomic genus within the family Gobiidae – typical gobies.


Moenkhausia

A taxonomic genus within the family Characidae – certain tetras.


Cephalopholis

cephalo- (“head”) + Ancient Greek φολῐ́ς f (pholís, “scale”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Serranidae – certain fish.


Istiophorus

istio- (“sail”, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στῐ́ον n (histíon, “sail”)) + -phorus m (“-phore, bearer”), literally “sail-bearer”, referring to the dorsal fin or 'sail'.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Istiophoridae – sailfish.


Hologymnosus

holo- (“whole; entire”) + gymno- (“naked, bare”) + Latin -ōsus m (“-ous, -ose; forms adjectives”), literally “all-naked”

A taxonomic genus within the family Labridae – ring wrasses.


Acentrogobius

a- (“not”) + centro- (“center, central”) + Latin gōbius m (“goby, gudgeon”), literally “acentral goby/gudgeon”

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Gobiinae – certain gobies.


Draconetta

Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κων m (drákōn, “dragon”) + Latin -etta f (“-ette (“diminutive”)”), literally “dragonette”

A taxonomic genus within the family Draconettidae – Draconetta xenica, a species of slope dragonet.


Trachelyopterus

trachel- (“neck”) + lyo- (“to loosen, to dissolve”) + -pterus (“-winged”)

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Auchenipterinae – certain catfishes.


Luciogobius

From Latin lūcius m (“pike”) + Latin gōbius m (“goby”). Coined by American biologist Theodore Gill in 1859.

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Gobionellinae – certain gobies.


Woodsia

A taxonomic genus within the family Woodsiaceae – woodsia ferns.


Minous quincarinatus

Binomial compound of Minous m + New Latin quīncarīnātus m (“five-keeled”).

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A taxonomic species within the family Synanceiidae – whitetail goblinfish.


Crenicichla

Latin crēna f (“incision; notch”) + Cichla f

A taxonomic genus within the family Cichlidae – pike chichlids, certain South American cichlid fish.


Auchenoglanis

Ancient Greek αὐχήν m (aukhḗn, “neck”) + Latin glanis m (“a kind of fish, likely a catfish or shad”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Claroteidae – certain catfish.


Sander canadensis

Sander m (“zander”) + New Latin canadēnsis m or f (“Canadian”), literally “Canadian zander”

A taxonomic species within the family Percidae – sauger, a freshwater fish closely related to the zander.


Catostomus fumeiventris

Catostomus m + New Latin fumeiventris m or f (“fumeiventral; smoke-bellied”), literally “smoke-bellied catostomus”. The specific epithet is from Latin fumeus m (“smoky”) + Latin ventris m or f (“(in compound adjectives) -bellied, -stomached”).

A taxonomic species within the family Catostomidae – Owens sucker.


Tetanopsyridae

A taxonomic family within the class Acanthodii – certain extinct spiny sharks.


Lasiognathus

lasio- (“hairy”, from Ancient Greek λάσῐος m (lásios)) + gnathus m or f (“jaw”, a New Latin rendering of Ancient Greek γνᾰ́θος f (gnáthos)), literally “hair-jaw; hairy-jawed”, due to this genus of anglerfishes having hair-like barbels which grow on their jaws.

A taxonomic genus within the family Thaumatichthyidae – complete anglerfish; certain wolftrap anglers of the Atlantic Ocean.


Coelophrys

coelo- (“hollow”) + Ancient Greek ὀφρῡ́ς (ophrū́s, “eyebrow”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Ogcocephalidae – certain batfish.


Herotilapia

Derived from Tilapia f, from Tswana tlhapi (“fish”), with an unidentified prefix.

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Cichlasomatinae – the rainbow cichlid.


Liachirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Soleidae – certain soles.


Mochokidae

English: mochokid

A taxonomic family within the order Siluriformes – mochokid catfish.


Ambassidae

A taxonomic family within the series Ovalentaria – Asiatic glassfish.


Deltistes luxatus

A taxonomic species within the family Catostomidae – Lost River sucker or c'waam.


Chasmistes brevirostris

A taxonomic species within the family Catostomidae – shortnose sucker or koptu.


Pharyngochromis

pharyngo- (“throat”) + Latin chromis f (“type of fish”)

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Haplochromini.


Rhadinocentrus

Ancient Greek ῥᾰδῐνός (rhadinós, “slender, thin”) + Latin centrum (“center”) + -us m.

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ornate rainbowfish#English

A taxonomic genus within the family Melanotaeniidae – ornate rainbowfish.


Pterogobius

A taxonomic genus within the family Oxudercidae – certain gobies.


Scarinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Scaridae – scarine parrotfishes.


Typhlonarke

Ancient Greek τῠφλός (tuphlós, “blind”) + Narke f (“stingray genus”, from Ancient Greek νάρκη (nárkē))

from Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">νάρκη</i> (nárkē)

A taxonomic genus within the family Narkidae – certain sleeper rays.


Torinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cyprinidae – certain Southern-Asian fish.


Percomorphaceae

A taxonomic subdivision within the division Acanthopterygii – percomorphacean fish.


Polypterus endlicherii

Polypterus + endlicherii, from German Endlicher (surname), from German endlich (“finite, limited”). Named after Stephan Endlicher.

A taxonomic species within the family Polypteridae – saddled bichir, a species of fish.


Psalidodon

Ancient Greek ψᾰλίς (psalís, “scissors, shears”) + -odon (“-toothed”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Characidae – a few characin fish.


Bryconops

A taxonomic genus within the family Characidae – certain characin fish.


Astrabe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστράβη (astrábē).

A taxonomic genus within the family Gobiidae – certain gobies.


Aequidens

Latin aequus (“equal”) + Latin dēns (“tooth”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Cichlidae – certain cichlids.


Ancistrus

From Latin ancistrum and Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γκῐστρον (ánkistron, “fishhook”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Loricariidae – bushynose catfish or bristlenose catfish.


Cetoscarus

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சீட்டோசுகேரசு

→ Tamil: சீட்டோசுகேரசு (cīṭṭōcukēracu)

→ Tamil: சீட்டோசுகேரசு (cīṭṭōcukēracu)

Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos, “whale, sea monster”) + Scarus (“typical parrotfish”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Labridae – certain parrotfish.


Cryptolepis

→ Greek: κρυπτολεπίς (kryptolepís)

crypto- (“hidden, secret”) + Ancient Greek λεπῐ́ς (lepís, “scale”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – certain plants.

A taxonomic genus within the order Osteolepiformes – certain extinct fishes.


Hemiscyllium ocellatum

From Hemiscyllium + Latin ocellatum (“eyed, spotted”).

A taxonomic species within the family Hemiscylliidae – epaulette shark.


Hemiscyllium

From Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-) ("half") + Ancient Greek σκύλλα (skúlla) ("a type of sea creature, often a reference to a shark").
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A taxonomic genus within the family Hemiscylliidae – walking sharks.


Hemiscylliidae

From Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-) ("half") + Ancient Greek σκύλλα (skúlla) ("a type of sea creature, often a reference to a shark"). + -idae ("suffix to determine family in zoology")
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longtail carpet sharks
longtail carpet shark

A taxonomic family within the order Orectolobiformes – bamboo sharks or longtail carpet sharks.