Abstract
Within the last two decades, there has been suggestions to change common and scientific names to honor indigenous peoples or when a matronym or patronym was discovered to pursue reprehensible activities. While I applaud the changing of common names, I urge caution in changing scientific names, because I think that it would disrupt the stability of scientific nomenclature established by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, since 1867.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 657-660 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - 2025 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Aquatic Science
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law