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. 2013 Mar 8;9:17. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-17

Table 2.

One-to-one correspondence between scientific species and folk generic taxa

One-to-one correspondence between scientific species and folk generic taxa
Family/Scientific species
Folk generic taxa
Ariidae
 
Notarius grandicassis (Valenciennes, 1840)
Bagre-beiçudo
Atherinidae
 
Atherinella brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Manjuba
Belonidae
 
Strongylura timucu (Walbaum, 1792)
Zambaia-cachorro
Batrachoididae
 
Thalassophryne nattereri (Steindachner, 1876)
Aniquim; Anequim
Carangidae
 
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Arabaiana
Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Garabebéu
Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Pampo-amarelo
Trachinotus goodei (Jordan & Evermann, 1896)
Pampo-branco
Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Pelombeta; palombeta
Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)
Xaréu
Carcharhinidae
 
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & LeSueur, 1822)
Cação-jaguara
Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839)
Cação-lombo-preto
Chaetodontidae
 
Chaetodon striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Parum-dourado
Clupeidae
 
Chirocentrodon bleekerianus (Poey, 1867)
Arenque; Arem; Erem
Dasyatidae
 
Dasyatis marianae (Gomes, Rosa & Gadig, 2000)
Arraia-coã
Elopidae
 
Elops saurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Ubarana-espinhenta
Ephippidae
 
Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782)
Parum-branco
Fistulariidae
 
Fistularia tabacaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trombeta
Ginglymostomatidae
 
Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Tubarão-lixa
Gymnuridae
 
Gymnura micrura (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Arraia-jamanta
Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)
Arraia-lisa
Haemulidae
 
Orthopristis ruber (Cuvier, 1830)
Canguite; canguito; quanguite
Anisotremus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Carro-de-boi; Boi-de-carro
Pomadasys corvinaeformis (Steindachner, 1868)
Coró-branco
Conodon nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coró-cardeiro
Haemulon flavolineatum (Desmarest, 1823)
Listrado
Anisotremus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791)
Pirambú
Haemulon melanurum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sapuruna-de-listras
Hemiramphidae
 
Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1842)
Agulha-branca
Holocentridae
 
Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)
Mariquita
Kyphosidae
 
Kyphosus incisor (Cuvier, 1831)
Salema-azul
Labridae
 
Caulolatilus chrysops (Valenciennes, 1833)
Batata
Lamnidae
 
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tubarão-branco
Lobotidae
 
Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)
Xacarona; xancarrona
Lutjanidae
 
Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ariacó
Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792)
Carapitanga
Lutjanus analis (Cuvier, 1828)
Cioba
Lutjanus jocu (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Dentão
Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828)
Pargo-vidrado; Pargo-vridado
Malacanthidae
 
Malacanthus plumieri (Bloch, 1786)
Pirá
Megalopidae
 
Megalops atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1847)
Camurim
Mobulidae
 
Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792)
Arraia-de-orelha
Myliobatidae
 
Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790)
Arraia-pintada
Ogcocephalidae
 
Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Peixe-morcego
Polynemidae
 
Polydactylus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Barbado; barbudo
Pomacanthidae
 
Pomacanthus paru (Bloch, 1787)
Parum-preto
Priacanthidae
 
Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793)
Garapau
Sciaenidae
 
Larimus breviceps (Cuvier, 1830)
Boca-mole
Cynoscion leiarchus (Cuvier, 1830)
Pescada-branca
Macrodon ancylodon (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Pescada-curuvina
Cynoscion sp.
Pescada-amarela
Cynoscion sp.
Pescada-bico-fino
Cynoscion sp.
Pescada-ticupá
Scombridae
 
Aconthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832)
Cavala
Scorpaenidae
 
Scorpaena plumieri (Bloch, 1789)
Aniquim; anequim
Serranidae
 
Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)
Gato
Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822)
Mero
Myripristis jacobus (Cuvier, 1829)
Oiuda
Etelis oculatus (Valenciennes, 1828)
Pargo-piranga
Serranus flaviventris (Cuvier, 1829)
Sapé
Sparidae
 
Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Salema
Sphyraenidae
 
Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792)
Barracuda
Stromateidae
 
Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mocinha
Tetraodontidae
 
Lactophrys trigonus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Baiacu-araldo
Lactophrys sp. Baiacu-carlitão