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nahtanoj
06-02-2008, 10:03 AM
well, i've been wanting to learn scientific names of fish and coral. yeah, i'm a dork. i also want to improve on my identification capabilities too. i'm starting with fish, and this is a site i found so far that has every freakin' fish you can think of. any other links to good sites for this purpouse would be greatly appriciated.
thanks
jon

http://www.fishbase.org/search.php

RussM
06-02-2008, 09:51 PM
http://www.zoaid.com
http://www.coralpedia.com
(same site, 2 names)

A series by Eric Borneman on coral taxonomy:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-04/eb/index.php
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/eb/index.php
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/eb/index.php

http://fins.actwin.com

nahtanoj
06-03-2008, 07:49 AM
great sites, thanks RussM.
jon

SDguy
06-10-2008, 06:39 PM
www.wetwebmedia.com (http://www.wetwebmedia.com) has a pretty good listing of the more common fish, with breakdowns of size, latin names, and other captive care tips, broken down by families and genera.