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    Free Swimmer
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    Pronunciation of Biological Latin ( Important in our hobby )

    I think it would be nice for those of us interested in our hobby to be able to pronounce the scientific names of our fish correctly.

    I am going to start looking around the net for some info I have found some already.

    Perhaps at a later stage we can develop a single post too simplify our findings.

    Or perhaps even a list of the popular species in alphabetical order with
    the correct spelling and the phonetic spelling on the right.

    An example being Corydoras-Caw re door us
    ( just an example )

    Here is a better example : Note the ae ending in animal and plant family names: Canidae, the dog family, is pronounced "canidee," not "caniday."

    Here are some links
    http://www.saltspring.com/capewest/pron.htm
    http://www.elasmo-research.org/educa...nunciation.htm

    That's it for now

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    Just an Egg
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    One I came across was Polypterus, the birchir genus. (pol-it-er-us)

    Q!uite a few still confuse cichlid (sick-lid) too.

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    Any one know how to pronounce Astaxanthin??
    I seem to studder every time i say it!

    lol

    Ben

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    San Merah Discus
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    As-Tax-an-thin..... Hope that helps.

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    Wrigglers
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    Scientific names

    Some scientific names are shockers. I did 5 years of zoology and aquatic science at uni - when I finished I could nearly speak Latin! and Greek Most are not pronounced as you phonetically read them.
    Wild discus only please. Or bring back the old strains from the 80's.

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    Ok then............this isn't a fish, but how about this one "Eudyptula"
    NAME : Phil
    OCCUPATION : Water changer

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    Wrigglers
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    no idea

    I give up on that one!! - do tell

    Squid
    Wild discus only please. Or bring back the old strains from the 80's.

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    I was kinda hoping you could tell me I have no idea, worked with that name for 10 years and no one could tell me
    NAME : Phil
    OCCUPATION : Water changer

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    Hi, I'm New Here!
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    Ah saltspring...I used that for a uni assignment.

    I recently linked to that site on another forum and just in case I got this e-mailed to me:

    Thank you, by all means link to the site.

    Peter

    Peter Ommundsen
    capewest@saltspring.com


    Nice bloke...believes in sharing the knowledge

    But yeah I still struggle at times.....I just cover with the obligatory..."or how ever you pronounce it".

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    Just an Egg
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    LOL just browsing but about 12 years ago i got my first lesson.

    buying my first cichlid i asked for the "chill-Chid" i remember getting strange looks from the staff member and correcting me.

    cheers

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