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scientific name

By Shirlie Sharpe, About.com

Definition: Scientific name is a standardized naming convention used to identify fish and other living organisms. The first word indicates the genus, the second the species. If a third word is used, it generally refers to the location where the fish was first found. If the name of the genus is in quotation marks the species does not properly belong to this genus, but it's exact scientific classification has not yet been determined.
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