Animals
Funny Fish Tautonyms
List Rules
Vote up the funniest actual zoological tautonyms for fish.
Science doesn't have to be serious, and that definitely shows when it comes to tautonymous fish names. When an animal's genus and species are the same words, it's a gift of taxinomical magic. Which means this list of funny fish names is educational and hilarious.
Tautonym nomenclature for fish is particularly wonderful, delivering species with names like "Boops boops," "Anableps anableps," "Vimba vimba," and a host of other names that are hilariously scientific. Ichthyologists may have to solemnly discuss the perch-like "Banjos banjos," but you get to vote up which tautonym is the funniest fish name.
list ordered by
- 1
Torpedo torpedo
- 2
Zebrus zebrus
- 3
Hippocampus hippocampus
- 4
Boops boops
- 5
Tropheops tropheops
- 6
Rama rama
- 7
Pungitius pungitius
- 8
Anableps anableps
- 9
Dentex dentex
- 10
Hucho hucho
- 11
Vimba vimba
- 12
Oplopomus oplopomus
- 13
Trachurus trachurus
- 14
Butis butis
- 15
Rhinobatos rhinobatos
- 16
Gagata gagata
- 17
Chaca chaca
- 18
Calamus calamus
- 19
Mola mola
- 20
Badis badis
- 21
Anguilla anguilla
- 22
Banjos banjos
- 23
Pristis pristis
- 24
Dario dario
- 25
Gobio gobio