Fish Abbreviations

[OohFeeshy]

Amid some confusion, I'm writing down a list of abbreviations used for fish. This is what I've got so far, feel free to add any I've forgotten.

ABF- African Butterfly Fish
ABK- African Brown Knife Fish
ACF- African Clawed Frog
ADF- African Dwarf Frog
ARF- African Rope fish

Betta Tail types-
CT- Crowntail
D- Delta
DT- Double Tail
HM- Halfmoon
PK- Plakat
SD- Super Delta
VT- Veil Tail

BGK- Black Ghost Knife fish
BN- Bristlenose Pleco
BP- Blood Parrot
CAE- Chinese Algea Eater
Con- Convict
DP- Dwarf Puffer
F8- Figure Eight Puffer
FH- Flowerhorn
GSP- Green Spotted Puffer
JD- Jack Dempsey
MTS- Malaysian Trumpet Snail
PSG- Purple Spotted Gudgeon
RBP- Red Bellies Pirahna
RTBS- Red Tail Black Shark
RTC- Red Tailed Catfish
SAE- Siamese Algea Eater
TSN- Tiger Shovelnose Catfish
WCMM- White cloud Mountain Minnow
ZD- Zebra Danio

Thanks to me, Andy, Dwarfs, demonmagus, Dwarf_Dude, oppositearmor, ...... (your name could be here!)

 

[Dwarfs]

PSG-Purple spotted gudgeon

 

[Teelie]

There was a thread several months ago that also had an extensive list. One of these threads ought to be pinned.

 

[ccg]

MTS - Multi Tank Syndrome

 

[Bloo]

Yup - just can't find it now they should be combined (whoever can find the other one) and pinned

 

[Nauplii]

MTS - Malaysian trumpet snails

 

[demonmagus]

GSP=green spotted puffer

 

[Ben]

VT - Veiltail Betta
CT - Crowntail Betta
DT - Doubletail Betta
HM - Halfmoon Betta
PK - Plakat Betta

Do those count?

DD

 

[afireinside]

You are forgetting a few:
ST: Suntail Betta
D: Delta Betta
SD: Super Delta Betta
FF: Fringefin Betta

 

[Katchan]

sp = species, basically used in undescribed (scientifically) fish eg Apistogramma Sp. "Rotpunkt" is a type of apistogramma awaiting scientific identification/description

Both following are used in a similar way

aff (affinis) - believed to be similar but distinct species

cf (confer) - believed to be different but the same species

spp = species plural, basically refering to multiple types of the species eg Apistogramma Spp refers to more than one species of apistogramma

A little more scientific than the others listed but some still fairly common especially - sp.

Andrew

 

[OohFeeshy]

Mhmhmh.... I'm dealing more with common names, and this list deals with actual fish/invert names, as opposed to related terms (lfs, lps, mts etc.). I'll add the betta ones, I'll stick with the common ones though as Fringefin and Suntail Betta are'nt really common...

 

[Dwarfs]

ARF- African rope fish

 

[KageBunshin]

RTG

Red Tail Golden (arrowana)

^^^
My future fish in 10 years

 

[fishyyy]

There was a thread several months ago that also had an extensive list. One of these threads ought to be pinned.

I dont know if this is the one youre talking about, but heres a thread that Undawada made:
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=95124

 

[Torrean]

RFBS=Red Finned Black Shark (Rainbow shark)