AQUATICAL•LATIN

An ongoing project investigating the etymology of the scientific names applied to aquatic species.

Fiction

About the Title About the Book How it Came to Be About the Author

Tim’s Musings News Links Miscellaneous

Here’s the cover image of my new novel. It’s available on both Amazon UK and Amazon US

New from Aquatical Latin…

  • AQUATICAL•LATIN – site updated to cover both Tim’s Fiction and Non-Fiction books 24th February 2026
  • New on AQUATICAL•LATIN – Index of Common Names 27th February 2018
  • AQUATICAL•LATIN featured in Practical Fishkeeping April 2018 20th February 2018
  • AQUATICAL•LATIN featured in DIVER magazine Feb 2018 13th February 2018
  • Book Launch featured on Lichfield Live 15th December 2017

Contents

  • AQUATICAL•LATIN – the Book
    • AQUATICAL•LATIN Vol 1 – Index of Common Names
  • Fiction
    • About the Author…
    • About the Book…
    • About the Title…
    • How it Came to Be…
    • Links…
    • Miscellaneous
    • News…
    • Tim’s Musings…
  • Site Map
  • Welcome to AQUATICAL•LATIN
  • Latin & Greek – English Lexicon.
    • An introduction to the ancient Greek alphabet.
    • Words relating to number or quantity.
    • Colour terms.
    • Words relating to markings
      • Lines and stripes
      • Spots and blotches
    • Suffixes
    • Geographical epithets
    • Eponyms
    • Scientific Terms
  • AQUATICAL•LATIN – the online etymology
  • This Day In History

This Day In History

1743 Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820) was born on this day. He was a British naturalist and botanist; known mainly for his participation in Cook's first voyage of discovery, he was elected President of the Royal Society in 1778, a position he held for over 40 years. Perhaps more of a collector than an active scientist, his greatest importance is that of his role as patron of the natural sciences, encouraging and equipping scientific expeditions, his advocacy of science as an international pursuit, and his influence on important personages such as the major scientists of his day, King George III (regarding the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), and the British government concerning the colonisation of Australia.
Banks is honoured in the names of many botanical species, it is unclear when it comes to aquatic taxa which ones are named for him, given the number of places named after him it is likely that a number of species are named for him at secondhand under banksi and banksii.

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