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Common names of fish are usually based on some characteristic of the fish and may often be connected to the fishes original habitat or taxonomic (scientific) name.
For example the (taxonomic named) "Betta splendens" is commonly called a "Betta". It is also called a Siamese Fighting fish (based on it's country of origin and its intolerance of others of the same species.
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What is the scientific name for Japanese fighting fish?
'Japanese fighting fish' 'Chinese fighting fish' 'Siamese fighting fish' and 'Betta' are all names given to the 'Betta splendens'.
What Are the scientific names of the 5 animal classes?
mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians
Why do you need nomenclature?
THERE ARE THREE REASONS FOR GIVING SCIENTIFIC NAMES TO THE ORGANISMS.1. Different names for the same organismDiffernet people gave different names to the same organism in the past.There were no system of giving the names to the organisms.DifferentReigons had different names of the same organism.For example:Ø Piyaz is name of Onion in URDU.It had different reignol names in Pakistan likeGanda.bassal and vassal.Ø Different countries have different names for the same plant.For example: amaltas, argvad, gurmala, golden shower and purging cassia are different common names of the same plant.2. Same name for different organismIn some cases, a single name is given to several different plants and animals.For example:Ø Dozen of plants with bell shaped flowers are named blue bell.Ø The name Black bird is given to the crow and raven.3. Common name without scientific basisØ Common names has no scientific basis. Fish is a vertebrate animal. It has bones, gills and fins. Silver fish, cray fish, jellyt fish and star fish do not have these characters. So they cannot be placed in fishes.
Why is it necessary to have a scientific name?
For easy classification. For example,FISH can be said as either poisson (french) or fish (english). Scientific names help to clear up confusion between words that sound different but mean the same thing, as they don't change for languages.
What is the scientific name of globefish?
Globefish, or pufferfish, is a general term for a number of different fish found the the Tetraodontidae family. There is no one specific scientific name for the globefish, as it is a blanket term for a lot of different species, which is why we have scientific names.
What are names of fish that start with you?
· Unicorn Fish
What are the names of smaller fish?
Clown fish
What are the names ends with fish but not a fish?
Silverfish is an insect but it ends with fish!
What is the reason of fish having names?
Fish have names so resturants that sell/serve fish can tell you what kind of fish it is, and so the customer knows if he/she likes that kind of particular fish.
What fish have animal names?
catfish, dog fish,lion fish,bull fish,cow fish
Fish names from Telugu to English?
snapper fish
What fish names start with the letter E?
· Elephant Fish
Names for my 2 dalmatian molly fish?
They are your fish. You name them.
What is the name of the top of a star fish?
what is names of star fish
What fish names begin with M?
the rumbo fish of manhatten
What are some pet names for fish?
Names that you can use for a pet fish include Goldy, Sammy, Fishy and Wilbby.
What are the nick names of doctor fish?
Garra Rufa, Nibble Fish, Kangal Fish.
