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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.
List of aquarium fish by scientific name. 3 languages. ... This article lists fish commonly kept in aquariums and ponds. [1] Anguilliformes. Muraenidae.
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.
The pages in this category are redirects from the vernacular ("common") names of fish to the scientific names. These pages are a subset of all redirects to scientific names. To add a redirect to this category, place {{Rcat shell|{{R to scientific name|1=fish}}}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page name]]. For more ...
Mikrogeophagus altispinosus is a species of fish endemic to the southern Amazon River basin in Brazil and Bolivia. [2] The species is part of the family Cichlidae and subfamily Geophaginae. [2] It is a popular aquarium fish, traded under the common names Bolivian butterfly, Bolivian ram, Bolivian ram cichlid, and ruby crown cichlid. [3] [4] [5]
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 ram cichlid (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the Orinoco River basin, in the savannahs of Venezuela and Colombia in South America. [3] The species has been examined in studies on fish behaviour [4] and is a popular aquarium fish, traded under a variety of common names, including ram, blue ram, German blue ram, Asian ram, butterfly cichlid, Ramirez's ...
The pages in this category are redirects from the scientific names of fish to common (vernacular) names. The pages are a subset of all redirects from scientific names. To add a redirect to this category, place {{Rcat shell|{{R from scientific name|1=fish}}}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page name]].