Why Does Everyone Use The Scientific Name Of Corys?

[dwarfgourami]

Ha! It is an evil plot to keep us Classics teachers in employment!

 

[lljdma06]

Ha! It is an evil plot to keep us Classics teachers in employment!

Yes, Latin and Greek Rock!!!!

 

[Betterbettas]

Of course they do. Go look at the C-Number database on Planet Catfish, lots of well known corys feature on them, infact.... they ALL do!..
Ben

Um, what's the C number for C.Armatus ? C. Ambiacus ? C. Bilineatus ?

 

[pica_nuttalli]

Of course they do. Go look at the C-Number database on Planet Catfish, lots of well known corys feature on them, infact.... they ALL do!..
Ben

Um, what's the C number for C.Armatus ? C. Ambiacus ? C. Bilineatus ?

hell if i know. but you can still look up species if you happen to know their C#

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/numbers/1.php

 

[OohFeeshy]

Ha! It is an evil plot to keep us Classics teachers in employment!

Pff, classics teachers are works of the devil It is their fault I have to read all the babbling rubbish about things that don't even make sense..... They make us read the Cambridge Latin Course! Thats torture! Everyone dies in the first book, yay, the second book, some dude gets a questy thing, then it all spirals ot of control, completely missing the point of a plot.... If someone says Caecilius est in horto one more time.....

Back to the topic at hand. Common names are indeed, not always good. Take the common Bronze Cory, Cordydoras Aeneus, for instance. Other common names include Green cory and.... something I've forgotten, and it also has many, many colour morphs. Green lazer, orange lazer, gold shoulder, to name but a few. As you can see, with this many common names for just one species, its far easier and more accurate to say C. Aeneus than to decipher shopkeeper talk. Thats another thing. You could, for instance, call your average red VT betta something like 'Siamese long finned blood fighting fish', which sounds very mysterious and rare, but its just your average B. splendens. Theres a lot of margin for error with common names.

 

[Betterbettas]

Of course they do. Go look at the C-Number database on Planet Catfish, lots of well known corys feature on them, infact.... they ALL do!..
Ben

Um, what's the C number for C.Armatus ? C. Ambiacus ? C. Bilineatus ?

hell if i know. but you can still look up species if you happen to know their C#

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/numbers/1.php

No, my question was for bunjiweb as he said they all have C numbers which isn't the case ! The C number system is used for the vast number of undescribed Corydoradinae not already identified species.

A system called “C-Numbers” by Hans-Georg Evers

 

[FreshwaterFishie]

Common names are the work of the devil, they are inaccurate and are often made up by lazy shop keepers.

If everyone could learn scientific names things would be alot easier in the long-term. Unfortunately its taking me an age to learn them all...

Ben

I don't go around saying, "I have 5 canis familiaris." or "I have 6 brachydanio rerio and 4 xiphophorus maculatus in my 20 gallon tank!" They were made because they are easier to remember and say. I have an easier time saying, "I have 5 Miniature Schnauzers." or "I have 6 Zebra Danio and 4 Mickey Mouse Platy in my 20 gallon tank!"
I'm not saying it is stupid, but I am saying that it isn't stupid to say Dwarf Corydora Catfish or Dwarf Cory Cat either!

 

[andywg]

Common names are the work of the devil, they are inaccurate and are often made up by lazy shop keepers.

If everyone could learn scientific names things would be alot easier in the long-term. Unfortunately its taking me an age to learn them all...

Ben

I don't go around saying, "I have 5 canis familiaris." or "I have 6 brachydanio rerio and 4 xiphophorus maculatus in my 20 gallon tank!" They were made because they are easier to remember and say. I have an easier time saying, "I have 5 Miniature Schnauzers." or "I have 6 Zebra Danio and 4 Mickey Mouse Platy in my 20 gallon tank!"
I'm not saying it is stupid, but I am saying that it isn't stupid to say Dwarf Corydora Catfish or Dwarf Cory Cat either!

I think you'll fin the "Brachy" part of the danio genus was dropped a while ago.

Lesson two on scientific names: keep up to date

 

[FreshwaterFishie]

Common names are the work of the devil, they are inaccurate and are often made up by lazy shop keepers.

If everyone could learn scientific names things would be alot easier in the long-term. Unfortunately its taking me an age to learn them all...

Ben

I don't go around saying, "I have 5 canis familiaris." or "I have 6 brachydanio rerio and 4 xiphophorus maculatus in my 20 gallon tank!" They were made because they are easier to remember and say. I have an easier time saying, "I have 5 Miniature Schnauzers." or "I have 6 Zebra Danio and 4 Mickey Mouse Platy in my 20 gallon tank!"
I'm not saying it is stupid, but I am saying that it isn't stupid to say Dwarf Corydora Catfish or Dwarf Cory Cat either!

I think you'll fin the "Brachy" part of the danio genus was dropped a while ago.

Lesson two on scientific names: keep up to date

LOL! OOPS! So it is Danio rerio?

 

[Inchworm]

In any verbal exchange, the important thing is that both parties understand what each other are talking about. By using the scientific name at least once, at or near the beginning of a conversation or (in this case) thread, the identity of the fish is established. Once that is done, there is certainly no harm done by using the common names from then on.

Not knowing the scientific name of a fish should never be a reason for anyone to hesitate to start a thread if he or she needs information. By posting, there's a very good chance that they will learn it along with the information sought.