AQUATICAL•LATIN

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

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AQUATICAL•LATIN featured in Practical Fishkeeping April 2018

Posted on 20th February 201820th February 2018 by Timataquaticallatin

News – AQUATICAL•LATIN, the book, featured in the April edition of Practical Fishkeeping magazine.

Many thanks to Nathan Hill for the review below.

Practical Fishkeeping is the UK’s Number 1 fishkeeping magazine.

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New from Aquatical Latin…

  • 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
  • AQUATICAL•LATIN official book launch. 6th December 2017

Contents

  • AQUATICAL•LATIN – the Book
    • AQUATICAL•LATIN Vol 1 – Index of Common Names
  • 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

1707 Carl Linnaeus (1707 - 1778) was born on this day. He was a Swedish botanist and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy, he formalised the system of naming organisms using the binomial nomenclature of scientific names. Also known as Carolus Linnæus, Carl von Linné (after his enoblement), and Carolus a Linné. His major works establishing the Linnean system of taxonomy, describing around 10,000 to 12,000 species, are Species Plantarum (1753), marking the start of modern taxonomy, the first botanical work to consistently apply binomial names, and the tenth edition of Systema Naturae (1758), the starting point for zoological names.
Names of aquatic taxa honouring Linnaeus are difficult to confirm and exhibit a great variation in spelling, species names can be found under linnaeana, linnaei, linnei, and caroli.

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