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Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.
In addition to their scientific name, many species have one or more common names. With so many species in so many places, it is inevitable that many common names are applied to more than one species. This category contains pages that describe or list the fish species that share a common name. Note: Disambiguation pages are categorized in ...
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This is a list of fish with common names that are based on the names of other animals. The names listed here may refer to single species, broader taxa (genera, families), or assortments of types. Where names are ambiguous, the various meanings should be listed here.
The John Dory is an example of a fish known as a Dory. The common name dory (from the Middle English dorre, from the Middle French doree, lit. ' gilded one ') is shared (officially and colloquially) by members of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
Catalog of Fishes is a comprehensive on-line database and reference work on the scientific names of fish species and genera. It is global in its scope and is hosted by the California Academy of Sciences. It has been compiled and is continuously updated by the curator emeritus of the CAS fish collection, William N. Eschmeyer.
List of cartilaginous fish; List of cichlid fish of Africa; List of cichlid fish of South America; List of commercially important fish species; List of Corydoras species; List of critically endangered fishes
This common name is used for three different species of schooling fish with similar patterns: Hemigrammus rhodostomus, Hemigrammus bleheri, and Petitella georgiae. Splash tetra: Copella arnoldi: 5.5 cm (2.2 in) Spotted splashing tetra: Copella meinkeni: 4.5 cm (1.8 in) Pyrrhulina spilota: 7 cm (2.8 in) Serpae tetra: Hyphessobrycon serpae: 4.5 ...