Taxonomy of Finfish

1.2.3 Naming with latin/ greek words

Latin/Greek word or part word	Language L = Latin; G = Greek; LG = similar in both languages	English translation
albus	L	white
arcturus	L	northern
argentatus	L	silvery
australis	L	southern
bengalensis	L	Bengal, India
borealis	L	northern
brachy	G	short
carbo	L	coal
caulos	G	stem, stalk
caudatus	L	tailed
cephalus	G	head
chloro	G	green
-cola	L	-dweller
cristatus	L	Crested
cyano	G	blue-green
dactylus	G	finger or toe
deca	G	ten
dermis	G	skin
di-	G	two-
diplo-	G	double
dodeca	G	twelve
dolicho-	G	elongated
domesticus	L	domestic or house
dorsalis	L	back
dukhunensis	L	Deccan plateau, India
echinus	G	spine
ennea	G	ninety
erythro	G	red
familiaris	L	common
flora	L	flower
folius	L	leaf
fuscus	L	dark brown
fulvus	L	yellow
gaster	G	belly
glycis	G	sweet
halo	G	salt
hecta	G	hundred
hendeca	G	eleven
hepta	G	seven
heptaconta	G	seventy
hexa	G	six
hexaconta	G	sixty
hibernicus	L	Irish
horlensis	L	garden
icosa	G	twenty
indicus	L	Indian
lateralis	L	side
leucus	G	white
lineatus	L	lined or striped
ludovicani	L	Lewis’s
maculatus	L	spotted
major	L	greater
maximus	L	largest
melanus	G	black
minimus	L	smallest
minor	L	smaller
mono-	G	one-
montanus	L	mountains
morphos	G	shape
morph-	G	shape
mauro-	G	dark
niger	L	black
nona	L	nine
nothos	G	false, bastard
notos	G	southern
novaehollandiae	L	Australian
novaeselandiae	L	New Zealand
noveboracensis	L	New York
obscurus	L	dark
occidentalis	L	western
octa	G	eight
octacota	G	eighty
oeos-	G	tubular
officinalis	L	medicinal
orientalis	L	eastern
ortho-	G	straight
pachys	G	thick,stout
parvus	L	small
pedi-	L	feet
pelagius	G	oceanic
penta-	G	five-
pentaconta	G	fifty
petra	G	rocky,stony
phyllo	G	leaf
phyton	G	plant
platy	G	flat
protos	G	first
pteron	G	wing
punctatus	L	spotted
rhiza	G	root
rhytis	G	wrinked
rubra	L	red
-rostra-	L	beak
rufus	L	red
sativus	L	filling (food)
saurus	G	lizard
sinensis	L	Chinese
stoma	G	mouth, opening
striatus	L	striped
sylvi	L	forest, wild
letra-	G	four-
tetraconta	G	forty
tinctorius	L	dyeing
tomentosus	L	furry
tri-	LG	three-
trich-,thrix	G	hair
triconta	G	thirty
-ura	G	of the tail
uni	L	one
variabilis	L	variable
variegatus	L	variegated
ventrus	L	belly
verrucosus	L	rough skinned
viridis	L	green
volans	L	flying
vulgaris	L	common