Alternative Name
Binomial name Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki
Basic Info ...
Binomial name
Carnegiella strigata
Eigenmann, 1909
The Marbled Hatchetfish, Carnegiella strigata, is a freshwater ray-finned fish native to South America. It is usually around 35 mm in length, and unusually shaped.
Binomial (genus/species) names are followed by the name(s) of the describer(s) and by the year of publication of the scientifc description.
Originally described in 1852 by Pieter Bleeker and named Cobitis macracanthus; Cobitis was erected by Carl Linneaus [the founder of the present binomial nomenclature system used to classify all life] in 1758, ...
Scientific:
Every freshwater fish have a binomial scientific name, according to the system devised by Carolus Linnaeus.
Silver arowana
Alternative/Formal Name
Binomial name Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
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"birth" of modern taxonomy has it's point of origin the tenth edition of Systema Naturae, (1758) by Carolus Linnaeus (Karl von Linne), the "father" of modern taxonomy. Linnaeus gets the big credit for innovations like the "two-word naming" (binomial ...
(The first photo I ever saw of this fish was in Randall, Allen and Steene (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea.). It was only described and received its official scientific binomial in April, 1999.
 See also: Water, Fish, Aquarium, Species, Freshwater
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