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What's the scientific word for fish?

It can be fish in general or a certain type of fish. Please tell me what kind of fish it is if it's a certain kind, though.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    "meow"

  • 1 decade ago

    Acanthophthalmus kuhlii

    Aequidens curviceps

    Aequidens maroni

    Aequidens pulcher

    Aequidens rivulatus

    Alfaro cultratus

    Ancistrus hoplogenys

    Anostomus anostomus

    Aphyocharax affinis

    Aphyocharax anisistsi

    Aphyocharax rubripinnis

    Aphyosemion australe

    Aphyosemion amieti

    Apistogramma agassizi

    Apistogramma cacatuoides

    Apistogramma ramirezi

    Aplocheilus lineatus

    Archocentrus nigrofasciatus

    Arnoldichthys jordani

    Astatotilapia burtoni

    Astatotilapia nubila

    Astronotus ocellatus

    Astyanax fasciatus

    Astyanax fasciatus mexicanus

    Astyanax mexicanus

    Badis badis badis

    Balantiocheilos melanopterus

    Barbodes schwanenfeldi

    Barbus conchonius

    Barbus cumingi

    Barbus nigrofasciatus

    Barbus semifasciolatus

    Barbus tetrazona

    Bedotia geayi

    Belontia signata

    Betta foerschi

    Betta imbellis

    Botia macracantha

    Brachydanio frankei

    Brachydanio rerio

    Brochis splendens

    Capoeta semifasciolatus

    Capoeta Tetrazona

    Carnegiella marthae

    Chanda ranga

    Cichlasoma festivum

    Cichlasoma meeki

    Cichlasoma nigrofasciatus

    Cichlasoma var.

    Cleithracara maroni

    Cobitis taenia

    Colisa lalia

    Corydoras aeneus

    Corydoras panda

    Crenicara altispinosa

    Ctenopoma acutirostre

    Cyprichromis leptosoma

    Dianema urostriata

    Distochodus lusosso

    Epalzeorhynchos bicolor

    Epalzeorhynchos frenatus

    Etroplus maculatus

    frenatus, Epalzeorhynchos

    Geophagus sp. bahia

    Glossolepis incisus

    Gnathonemus petersi

    Gymnocorymbus ternetzi

    Haplochromis burtoni

    Haplochromis nubilus

    Hasemania marginata

    Hasemania melanura

    Hasemania nana

    Hemichromis lifalili

    Hemigrammus nanus

    Hemigrammus rhodostomus

    Herichthys meeki

    Herichthys nigrofasciatus

    Heros nigrofasciatus

    Hoplosternum pectorale

    Hyphessobrycon flammeus

    Hyphessobrycon innesi

    Jordanella floridae

    Kryptopterus bicirrhis

    Labeo bicolor

    Labeo frenatus

    Labeotropheus fuelleborni

    Laetacara curviceps

    Lamprologus leleupi

    Lebistes reticulata

    Lepthoplosternum pectorale

    Macropodus opercularis

    Melanchromis chipokee

    Mesonauta festivus

    Micralestes interruptus

    Microgeophagus altispinosa

    Microgeophagus ramirezi

    Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae

    Monodactylus argenteus

    Nannacara anomala

    Nannostomus trifasciatus

    Nanochromis dimidiatus

    Nanochromis parilus

    Neolamprologus leleupi

    Pangio kuhlii

    Papiliochromis altispinosa

    Papiliochromis ramirezi

    Paracheirodon innesi

    Parambassis ranga

    Pelvicachromis pulcher

    Phenacogrammus interruptus

    Platydoras costatus

    Poecilia reticulata

    Pterophyllum scalare

    Puntius conchonius

    Puntius cumingi

    Puntius nigrofasciatus

    Rasbora borapetensis

    Rasbora trilineata

    Steatocranus casuarius

    Symphysodon aequifasciatus haraldi

    Synodontis nigriventris

    Tanichthys albonubes

    Thorichthys meeki

    Xiphophorus helleri

    Xiphophorus maculatus

    Those are all of the fish on this site and go to it to reasearch them by clicking on a name.

    Here is an example I clicked:

    Aequidens maroni and this came up:

    Cleithracara maroni

    Other names: Keyhole Cichlid, Aequidens maroni

    Family: Cichlidae

    Named by: Steindachner

    Found : South America, Surinam, Demarara River, Guyana.

    Size: 9cm, 3¾inch. Will breed at 6.5cm.

    Water: Soft, slightly acid. Temp 28-30°C (82-86°f)

    Tank level: Lower

    Diet: Omnivorous. Live foods, not to large, most readily available dry foods.

    Behavior: Peaceful, sometimes shy.

    Comments: This fish is unlike most of the cichlids it is extremely peaceful, even shy and with it's stockily build is nothing but a big wimp. They are usually a creamy pale brown color but this changes to a mottled brown when the fish is disturbed. A dark bar passes through the eye and the dark blotch which is found on the flanks beneath the dorsal fin, give the fish it's name (the shape resembles a keyhole seen more better on younger fish). Sexes a hard distinguish.

    Anyway heres the site:

    http://homepages.tesco.net/~davyreynolds/fishindex...

    You can classify them by:

    Kingdom

    Phylum

    Class

    Order

    Family

    Genus

    Species

    as they do with most living things.

    The fish I showed are not the only ones in the whole world just a really lot of them.

    Good Luck and hope you find what you need!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    A fish is a water-dwelling vertebrate with gills. Most are cold-blooded, though some, such as some species of tuna and shark, are warm-blooded. There are over 29,000 species of fish, making them the most diverse group of vertebrates.

    Taxonomically, fish are a paraphyletic group whose exact relationships are much debated; a common division is into the jawless fish (class Agnatha, 75 species including lampreys and hagfish), the cartilaginous fish (class Chondrichthyes, 800 species including sharks and rays), with the remainder classed as bony fish (class Osteichthyes).

  • 1 decade ago

    Icthyology is the study of fishes

    Each type of fish also has a binomial scientific name, as all organisms do.

    one species of bass is Roccus saxatilis

    Source(s): just knew, looked up the bass name though
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  • 1 decade ago

    its aves according to linnaeus which we all follow today

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Pisces

  • catty
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    1 decade ago

    pisces

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    5 years ago

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