Glossary
common name
Informal, vernacular name for a fish or other organism. Often varies by language, place or time.
Used in 104 species profiles
- Alfaro cultratus
- Betta splendens
- Catoprion mento
- Celestichthys flagrans
- Centromochlus macracanthus
- Centromochlus reticulatus
- Clarias batrachus
- Cleithracara maronii
- Corydoras axelrodi
- Corydoras panda
- Corynopoma riisei
- Crenicara latruncularium
- Crenicichla tigrina
- Ctenopoma acutirostre
- Ctenopoma kingsleyae
- Ctenopoma weeksii
- Cyrtocara moorii
- Datnioides campbelli
- Datnioides microlepis
- Datnioides polota
- Datnioides pulcher
- Datnioides undecimradiatus
- Dermogenys pusilla
- Dimidiochromis compressiceps
- Electrophorus electricus
- Glossolepis incisus
- Gymnarchus niloticus
- Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
- Gymnogeophagus balzanii
- Hara jerdoni
- Hasemania nana
- Hemibagrus wyckii
- Hemichromis elongatus
- Hemigrammus rodwayi
- Herichthys carpintis
- Herichthys cyanoguttatus
- Hypancistrus zebra
- Inpaichthys kerri
- Ivanacara adoketa
- Labidochromis sp. "perlmutt"
- Leporacanthicus heterodon
- Luciocephalus pulcher
- Macrognathus zebrinus
- Marosatherina ladigesi
- Metynnis lippincottianus
- Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
- Moenkhausia pittieri
- Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae
- Neolamprologus pulcher
- Oxydoras niger
- Pangasionodon hypophthalmus
- Pangasius sanitwongsei
- Pantodon buchholzi
- Parambassis ranga
- Periophthalmus novemradiatus
- Pethia padamya
- Placidochromis electra
- Placidochromis milomo
- Potamotrygon castexi
- Potamotrygon falkneri
- Potamotrygon henlei
- Potamotrygon hystrix
- Potamotrygon leopoldi
- Potamotrygon motoro
- Potamotrygon orbignyi
- Potamotrygon schroederi
- Potamotrygon scobina
- Potamotrygon sp. "itaituba"
- Potamotrygon sp. "pearl"
- Potamotrygon yepezi
- Pristella maxillaris
- Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum
- Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum
- Puntigrus anchisporus
- Puntigrus navjotsodhii
- Puntigrus partipentazona
- Puntigrus pulcher
- Puntigrus tetrazona
- Rasbora paviana
- Salminus brasiliensis
- Serrasalmus rhombeus
- Sicyopus cebuensis
- Sicyopus discordipinnis
- Sicyopus exallisquamulus
- Sicyopus zosterophorus
- Sperata aor
- Squaliforma cf. emarginata
- Stiphodon alcedo
- Stiphodon atratus
- Stiphodon atropurpureus
- Stiphodon birdsong
- Stiphodon maculidorsalis
- Stiphodon ornatus
- Stiphodon pelewensis
- Stiphodon percnopterygionus
- Stiphodon rutilaureus
- Stiphodon semoni
- Stiphodon surrufus
- Synodontis alberti
- Synodontis contracta
- Thayeria boehlkei
- Thayeria ifati
- Trichogaster fasciata
- Trichopsis vittata