after stuggling on the pronounciation of latin and greek fish names i did some digging around to find out excatly how these words are said. the best list i could find were from aquamojo's site so i thought i would share it with you all.
i found this handy when ordering fish so the vendors would know what i was trying to refer to.
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Central & South American cichlid Genus and Species Pronounciation key:
Acarichthys = Ah-Car-Ich-These
Acaronia
Aequidens = A-Kwa-Dens
Amphilophus = Amp-Fill-Lo-Fuss
Apistogramma
Archocentrus = Ark-Oh-Cent-Russ
Astronotus = Astro-Not-Us
Biotodoma = Bio-Toe-Dome-Ah
Bujurquina
Caquetaia = Cock-Ah-Tay-Ah
Chaetobranchopsis
Chaetobranchus
Chuco = Chew-Co
Cichla = Sick-La
Cichlasoma = Sick-La-So-Ma
Cleithracara
Crenicichla = Cren-Eh-Sick-La
Cryptoheros = Crypt-Oh-He-Rose
Dicrossus
Geophagus = Geo-Fay-Gus
Guianacara
Gymnogeophagus = Gym-No-Geo-Fay-Gus
Herichthys = Her-Ich-These
Heros = He-Rose
Herotilapia = He-Row-Till-A-Pee-Ah
Hoplarchus = Hop-Lar-Cuss
Hypselecara
Hypsophrys = HIP-so-four eze
Krobia
Laetacara
Mazarunia
Mesonauta
Mikrogeophagus = mike-row-gee-oh-fog-us
Nandopsis = Nan-Dop-Sis
Nannacara = Nan-Ah-Car-Ah
Neetroplus = Knee-Tro-Plus
Parachromis = Pair-Ah-Chrome-Is
Paraneetroplus = Pair-Ah-Knee-Tro-Plus
Paratheraps = Pair-Ah-There-Apps
Petenia = Pa-teen-ee-ah
Pterophyllum
Retroculus
Satanoperca = Satan-Oh-Perk-Ah
Symphysodon
Theraps = There-Apps
Thorichthys = Thor-Ich-These
Tomocichla = ToeMo-Sick-La
Uaru = Waa-Roo
Vieja = Vee-A-Ha
acuticeps
acutirostris
altifrons
altum
amarillo = Ama- rio
amphiacanthoides
apoparuana
appendiculatus
argentea = are- gen-t-ah
asfraci = As-frach-eye
atromaculatus =atro-mac-you-lat-us
aureus = or-e-us
australis
bahia = Ba-He-Ah
balzani
bartoni = Barton-Eye
beani = Bean-Eye
bifasciatus = by-faa-she-at-us
bocourti = bo-court-eye
brasiliensis = Brazil-E-In-Sis
breidohri
buckelkopf
bulleri
calobrensis = Cal-o-bren-sis
cametana
carpintis = car-pin-tis
centrarchus = cen-trar-cuss
cincta
citrinellus = sit-rin-L-us
coeruleus
crassilabrus -crass-il=ab-brus
crassipinnis
cupido
cutteri = Cutter-Eye
daemon
deppi
diadema = Die-Ah-Deem-Ah
dimerus
dovii = Doh-V-Eye
efasciatus =e-fash-e-at-us
eimekei
facetum
fenestratus = fen-eh-strAh- tus
fernandezypezi
festae = Fest-A
flavescens
friedricksthalli
gaeyi
godmani
grammodes
guttulatus
haitiensis = Haiti-In-Sis
heterospilus = het-er-row-spill-us
hoehnei
intermedius = inter-me-d-us
iporangensis
irregularis
istlantum
itapicuruensis
jegui
johanna
kraussi = krous-eye
labridens = Lab-Rah-Dens
latifrons
lapidifer
lentiginosus
loisellei = Loy-Sell-Eye named after Paul Loiselle
lyonsi = lions-eye
macanzatza
macropthalmus
maculicauda = Mac-You-Lick-Ah-Duh
maculipinnis
managuense = Man-Ah-Gwen-Sis
Manchada
mapiritensis
maquiria
marmorata
micropthalmus
minckleyi = Mink-Lee-Eye
misiones
motaguense = Mota-Gwen-Sis
myersi = Myer-Sigh
myrnae
nanoluteus
Naranja
nassa
nematopus
nicaraguense = Nick-a-ra-gwense
nigrofasciatus = nig-row-faa-she-at-us
notatus
nourisatti
oblongus
ocellatus
octofasciatus = Octo-faa-she-at-us
orbicularis
orinocensis
panamensis = Pan-a-men-sis
pasionis = pass-e-own-is
patricki = Patrick-Eye
pearsi
percna
proteus
psittacus
ramsdeni = rams=deny
regani
rivlatus
robustus
'rotkeil'
sajica = Sa-He-Ka
salvini = Sal-Vin-Eye
scalare
scotti
sedentaria
septemfasciatus
septentrionalis
severus = Sever-Us
spectabile
spinossisimus spine-o-sis-imm-us
splendida
strigata
synspilus = sin-spill=us
tapajos = tap -ah- hose
temensis
tetracanthus = tetra-can-thus
thayeri
trimaculatus = try-mac-u-lat-us
tuyrense
ufermanni
umbriferus = UM-bri-ferous
uropthalmus
vitatta
xingu
xinguensis
zaliosus
zevallos
zonatus
Misc:
Ichthyology = Ick-Thee-Ah-Low-Gee
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If the species is named after a person and the person it's being named after is a male, the species name ends in "i". If it is a woman the fish is being named after, it ends in "ae".
Examples:
Theraps wesseli - After Rusty Wessel
Pseudotropheus socolofi - After Ross Socolof
Labeotropheus trewavasae - After Dr Ethelwynn Trewavas
Some additional latin scientific naming vernacular...
sp. = species
cf. = compare to
aff. = affinis which means related to.
cf. and aff. are usually interchangeable I believe as they mean basically the same thing.
Example: Aequidens sp. cf. rivulatus "silver saum" which means it's an Aequidens species (although not permanently described) and is closely compared to rivulatus (although a slightly different fish) and "silver saum" represents the type/ color variation.
Aequidens sp. aff. rivulatus "silver saum" would also be correct in this case.
nice work. i just saved this page. 
