Pronouncing names

General stuff.
Ends in I - generally means it's named after a person. So it's the person's name with "eye" on the end.
Ends in ensis - generally means it's named after the location it was found. So it's the name of the river or lake etc followed by en sus.
Fasciata means banded
Lineata means lined


cans ICK these
Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus
bit AYN I at us

Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides
ROM bo some oh I dis

CHILL a the REE na
Chilatherina alleni
AL in eye

Chilatherina axelrodi
AXEL rod eye

Chilatherina bleheri
BLAY her eye

Chilatherina bulolo
Bu LO lo

Chilatherina campsi
CAMPS eye

Chilatherina crassispinosa
CRASS is pin Oh sa

Chilatherina fasciata
FAS see ya ta

Chilatherina lorentzii
lor ENT zi eye

Chilatherina pagwiensis
PAG we EN sus

Chilatherina pricei
PRICE eye

Chilatherina sentaniensis
sen TAN ee EN sus

GLOSS o LEP is
Glossolepis dorityi
DOOR it ee eye

Glossolepis incisus
In SIGH sus

Glossolepis kabia
CAB ee uh

Glossolepis leggetti
LEG get eye

Glossolepis maculosus
Mack oo LOW sus

Glossolepis multisquamata
MULTI sqaw MAT ah

Glossolepis pseudoincisus
SEW dough in SIGH sus

Glossolepis ramuensis
RAM oo EN sus

Glossolepis wanamensis
WAN am EN sus

EER ee a the REEN a
Iriatherina werneri
WERN er eye

MELL an o TAYN ee a
Melanotaenia affinis
af FIN us

Melanotaenia ajamaruensis
AYA mar oo EN sus

Melanotaenia albimarginata
Al be MARGE in at uh

Melanotaenia ammeri
AM mer eye

Melanotaenia angfa
ANG fu

Melanotaenia arfakensis
ARF ack EN sus

Melanotaenia arguni
Are GOON eye

Melanotaenia aruensis
ARE oo EN sus

Melanotaenia australis
oz TRALL us

Melanotaenia batanta
Ba TAN ta

Melanotaenia boesemani
BOZ man eye

Melanotaenia bowmani
BOW man eye

Melanotaenia caerulea
Sir OO lia

Melanotaenia catherinae
KA ther in AY

Melanotaenia corona
cor OWN a

Melanotaenia duboulayi
DUB oo LAY eye

Melanotaenia dumasi
doo MAYS eye

Melanotaenia eachamensis
EACH am EN sus

Melanotaenia ericrobertsi
ERIC ROB erts eye

Melanotaenia etnaensis
ET na EN sus

Melanotaenia exquisita
ex QUIZ it uh

Melanotaenia fasinensis
FASS in en SUS

Melanotaenia flavipinnis
Flav i PIN us

Melanotaenia fluviatilis
FLOO via TILL us

Melanotaenia fredericki
Fred RICK eye

Melanotaenia garylangei
GAR ee LANGE eye

Melanotaenia goldiei
GOLD ee eye

Melanotaenia gracilis
GRACE ill us

Melanotaenia grunwaldi
Groon WALLD eye

M. herbertaxelrodi
HERB ert AX el rod eye

Melanotaenia irianjaya
EER ee an JAY uh

Melanotaenia iris
EYE ris

Melanotaenia japenensis
JAP en EN sus

Melanotaenia kamaka
ka MAC uh

Melanotaenia klasioensis
class EYE oh EN sus

Melanotaenia kokasensis
CO cas EN sus

Melanotaenia kolaensis
CO la EN sus

Melanotaenia lacunosa
lack OON OH suh

Melanotaenia lacustris
lack OO strus

Melanotaenia lakamora
Lack uh MORE uh

Melanotaenia laticlavia
lat i CLAV ee uh

Melanotaenia longispina
long is PIN uh

Melanotaenia maccullochi
mac CULL luck eye

Melanotaenia mairasi
MARE as eye

Melanotaenia mamahensis
MOM uh EN sus

Melanotaenia manibuii
MAN uh BOO ee eye

Melanotaenia maylandi
MAY land eye

Melanotaenia misoolensis
miss OOL EN sus

Melanotaenia monticola
MON tick ollah

Melanotaenia mubiensis
MOO be EN sus

Melanotaenia multiradiata
MUL tee rad ee AT uh

Melanotaenia naramasae
NAR uh MASS ay

Melanotaenia nigrans
NIGH grans

Melanotaenia ogilbyi
OH gill be eye

Melanotaenia oktediensis
OCK teddy EN sus

Melanotaenia papuae
PAP oo ay

Melanotaenia parkinsoni
PARK in SON eye

Melanotaenia parva
PAR va

Melanotaenia patoti
pat OT eye

Melanotaenia picta
PIC ta

Melanotaenia pierucciae
pier OO see eh

Melanotaenia pimaensis
PIE ma EN sus

Melanotaenia praecox
PRAY cocks

Melanotaenia pygmaea
PIG me uh

Melanotaenia rubripinnis
ROOB ra PIN us

Melanotaenia rubrostriata
ROOB row STRY at uh

Melanotaenia rubrivittata
ROOB ru vit AT uh

Melanotaenia rumberponensis

Melanotaenia salawati

Melanotaenia sembrae

Melanotaenia senckenbergianus

Melanotaenia sexlineata

Melanotaenia sikuensis

Melanotaenia sneideri

Melanotaenia solata

M. splendida inornata

M. splendida splendida

M. splendida tatei

Melanotaenia susii

Melanotaenia sylvatica

Melanotaenia synergos

Melanotaenia trifasciata

Melanotaenia urisa

Melanotaenia utcheensis

Melanotaenia vanheurni

Melanotaenia veoliae

Melanotaenia wanoma

Melanotaenia wokamensis



Pelangia mbutaensis


Rhadinocentrus ornatus


Kiunga ballochi

Kiunga bleheri


Pseudomugil connieae

Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis

Pseudomugil furcatus

Pseudomugil gertrudae

Pseudomugil inconspicuus

Pseudomugil ivantsoffi

Pseudomugil luminatus

Pseudomugil majusculus

Pseudomugil mellis

Pseudomugil novaeguineae

Pseudomugil paludicola

Pseudomugil paskai

Pseudomugil pellucidus

Pseudomugil reticulatus

Pseudomugil signifer

Pseudomugil tenellus


Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis