Chain Loach - Botia sidthimunki.

C names for fish. King of Atlantis and by extension of the seas. Seuss was onto something. Cod is the common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus belonging to the family Gadidae.

Kissing Gourami Helostoma temmincki. A deep-sea fish formerly a staple food in Europe and America now greatly reduced in numbers in the Atlantic. Atlantic Indian and Pacific.

It is also cultured in this area and Taiwan. African Leaf Fish. Cherry Barb - Puntius titteya.

List of Fish Species -- Fish Photos. In biology the term fish is most strictly used to describe any animal with a backbone that has gills throughout life and has limbs if any in the shape of fins. Channel Catfish - Ictalurus punctatus.

For example a dwarf gouramis official scientific name is Trichogaster laium where the first word represents the animal genus and the second is the precise species within that genus. One fish two fish red fish blue fish. Males are larger have a deeper belly and are more brightly colored than females.

Pronounced SeaSea it names the ocean twice. Whilst this name is often made up by resellers and has no scientific merit it is the name often first associated to the animal by its locals beginners and the casual aquarist. It is generally a peaceful fish but males may sometimes fight by pressing their lips together.