How Do You Write Scientific Names For Hybrids?

[Miss Wiggle]

particularly unkown ones, like i've a syno i think is a hybrid of a euruptus and something else unidetified would he be synodontis sp or synodontis euruptus sp or something else?

 

[The-Wolf]

I'd say synodontis euruptus X synodotis sp.
the X being 'cross/hybrid with'.

but it is an interesting question and I look forward to the scientists answers

 

[Miss Wiggle]

thanks wolfy..... anymore suggestions

 

[Ferris]

synodontis sp.unknowneous???

 

[Miss Wiggle]

synodontis sp.unknowneous???

synodontis sp miscelaneous ?

syndontis sp thingamybobius ?

 

[Ferris]

syndontis sp thingamybobius ?

I like that one

 

[Miss Wiggle]

I'd say synodontis euruptus X synodotis sp.
the X being 'cross/hybrid with'.

but it is an interesting question and I look forward to the scientists answers

matt clarke say's your right wolfy

 

[The-Wolf]

matt clarke say's your right wolfy

of course I am

 

[Miss Wiggle]

 

[andywg]

matt clarke say's your right wolfy

Since he is a writer, I would hope he says "you're right"...

 

[Miss Wiggle]

matt clarke say's your right wolfy

Since he is a writer, I would hope he says "you're right"...

no actually i just asked him the same question and he gave the same answer wolfy did. so technically he didn't say 'you're right' at all, but by agreeing he validated wolfy's statement.

i always get 'you're' and 'your' wrong, along with 'their' and 'there', dunno why i just can't seem to get it right in my head

 

[MoonstruckMuse]

Haha, out of curiosity... does the species coming before the X denote that it was the male, and the latter the female? Cause I know with various animals (like mules versus hinnies), whether it was a male horse breeding to a female donkey and vice versa makes it a different animal entirely. Or with those lion tiger crosses, haha.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

hmmmm no idea but a very good question!

 

[The-Wolf]

technically the males goes first.
a zorse for instance is a male Zebra X female horse
an liger in a mlae lion x female tiger and a tigon is vice versa
so the fish in question would indicate the s.euruptus is the male

 

[chibi]

I wonder what you do when you don't know the crossings...? I have a syno and I've stumped many people as to what it could possibly be. Would that be Synodontis sp.?