AQUATICAL•LATIN

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

Links…

The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum Writing Group: https://sjbmwg.wordpress.com

Unreal Writers: https://unrealwriters.beehiiv.com.

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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

1838 Walther Herwig (1838 - 1912) was born on this day. He was a Prussian administrator and is regarded as the founder of German fisheries science. Herwig promoted the development of a German high seas fishing industry, he was President of the Central Committee for the International Exploration of the Sea 1902 - 1908 (later known as the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea).
He is honoured in the name of the German fisheries research vessel FRV Walther Herwig III and either directly or at secondhand the names of a genus and in 11 species under herwigi or herwigia.

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