Challenge The - Wolf

[The-Wolf]

I'm certainly no expert on this subject but I am good at finding stuff on google
so here I am asking you to challenge me to find out what the scientific name
of any fish really means in English.

I'm sure everyone knows that corydoras means helmet (cory) skin (doras)
that is easy enough to find out.
let the challenge begin

 

[xingumike]

Osteoglossum bicirrhosum!

 

[The-Wolf]

Osteoglossum bicirrhosum!

Osteo means bone
glossum means tongued

bi means two
cirrhosum means barbels

so we have bone-tounged with two-barbles

next

 

[xingumike]

very good!

Rineloricaria catamarcensis

 

[Fate2006]

polypterus palmas

 

[The-Wolf]

very good!

Rineloricaria catamarcensis

rhinos means nose
lorica means cuirass of leather

now not to sure on the second bit
best I can assertain is from Catamarca Province
in Argentina

polypterus palmas

poly means many
pterus means finned

palmas is from Cape Palmas in Liberia (where the fish was first discovered).

 

[Miss Wiggle]

Centropyge interruptus


always wanted to know where centropyge comes from

 

[The-Wolf]

Centropyge interruptus

centro from Greek, kentron means sting
pyge also Greek means tail

interruptus from Latin inter between + rumpere to break

stinging tail interupted IE with break inbetween

 

[Miss Wiggle]

whats stinging tail got to do with pygmy angels?? that makes no sense to me!

 

[The-Wolf]

don't shhot the translator
possibly because it has 16 Anal spines (according to fishbase)

scientist, like us, have very odd ways of naming things

I must say
I am finding this very educational, I hope that you are too

Next!

 

[Miss Wiggle]

don't shhot the translator
possibly because it has 16 Anal spines (according to fishbase)

scientist, like us, have very odd ways of naming things

I must say
I am finding this very educational, I hope that you are too

Next!

i am indeed, interesting stuff!!

i'll try and think of some more to find out

Sphaeramia nematoptera

 

[Miss Wiggle]

can probably guess this one myself but

Nemateleotris decora

and yes i am just going through the fish i have now

 

[The-Wolf]

Sphaeramia nematoptera

sphaira means ball
amia means a kind of shark/similar to shark

the other bit has stumped me, for now

 

[KimA]

What about

Helostoma temminckii

 

[dwarfgourami]

tatia galaxias