User:Beastie Bot/IUCN common name issues

A list of possible common name errors or issues of names found in the IUCN Red List (2016-2). IUCN data downloaded September 2016 Include actual errors, possible errors, and some special database entry formatting choices that third parties using the data may need to be aware of.

Found spelling errors

• Oxynoemacheilus atili (Lake Beyşhehir Loach): Beyşhehir should probably be Beyşehir
• Palleon nasus (Eiongate Leaf Chameleon): eiongate should be elongate
• Shorea guiso (dfgadfg): dfgadfg?
• Selenipedium aequinoctiale (The Equatorial Ocurring Selenipidum): ocurring should be occurring. Also Selenipidum should be Selenipedium. i.e. "Equatorial-occurring selenipedium"

Likely plurals

Should be listed as singular nouns to conform with the rest of the database.

Names ending with: anchovies, badgers, bats, carps, cats, crabs, fishes, frogs, herrings, mullets, rats, razorback, silversides, snails, snakes, snappers, tetras, toads, treefrogs, wrasses

• Hemiphractus johnsoni (Johnson's Horned Treefrogs): Common name is a common plural
• Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Horseshoe Crabs): Common name is a common plural

Separators

Entries which appear to break the convention of using a comma to separate common names (or have odd formatting along those lines).

• Scincella monticola "Mountainous Dwarf Skink, Mountain Ground Skink (Walters, 2008)" — name field contains a comma inside parentheses. Trouble for any software which splits common names at commas.

Dot

No issues found.

Double space

No issues found.

Apostrophe

• Mammillaria grahamii (Graham´s Nipple Cactus) — common name contains acute accent (´), possibly used as apostrophe (')

Question marks

Common name contains one or more question marks, generally due to Unicode characters which cannot be encoded to the IUCN's export (a non-Unicode CSV file). May indicate the English common name is not English. Also note Bristly Cave Crayfish which contains an odd character which looks like a Latin 'B'.

• Alburnus attalus (Bak?r Shemaya)
• Chondrostoma meandrense (Is?kl? Nase)
• Gobio maeandricus (Is?kl? Gudgeon)
• Hainania serrata (???)
• Metzia formosae (?????)
• Pseudophoxinus elizavetae (Sultan Sazl?g? Minnow)
• Pseudophoxinus maeandricus (Sand?kl? Spring Minnow)
• Scardinius elmaliensis (Elmal? Rudd)
• Paraschistura chrysicristinae (Diyarbak?r Loach)
• Pseudecheneis paviei (????)
• Solegnathus robustus (?????)
• Aphanius danfordii (Sultan Sazl?g? Toothcarp)
• Cambarus setosus (?ristly Cave Crayfish) — uses a Greek capital beta character instead of a regular Latin B in "Bristly"

Symbols

• Scarus rubroviolaceus (Half & half Parrotfish): Common name contains symbol(s)
• Centropyge bicolor (Blue & Gold Angelfish): Common name contains symbol(s)
• Eudorcas tilonura (*Heuglin's Gazelle): Common name contains symbol(s)
• Cervus canadensis (Izubra/Manchurian Wapiti): Common name contains symbol(s)
• Saguinus melanoleucus (White/crandall's Saddleback Tamarin): Common name contains symbol(s)
• Saimiri boliviensis (Bolivian/peruvian Squirrel Monkey): Common name contains symbol(s)
• Pterocarpus marsupium (East Indian/malabar Kino): Common name contains symbol(s)
• Sparganium subglobosum (Burr­-reed): Common name contains soft-hyphen control character

Numbers

• Placidochromis milomo (Super Vc-10 Hap): Common name contains numbers (not an error)
• Scincella monticola (2008)): Common name contains numbers (possible error)
• Argia percellulata (1902): Common name contains numbers (possible error)

Redundant the

• Disa erubescens (The Rose Disa): Common name begins with 'the' (Probably redundant)

FB

Names ending in '(fb)'

• Barbus miolepis — Zigzag barb (FB)

Species code

Common names which are actually species codes

• Amphibolis antarctica (Species code: Aa)
• Amphibolis griffithii (Species code: Ag)
• Cymodocea angustata (Species code: Ca)
• Cymodocea rotundata (Species code: Cr)
• Cymodocea serrulata (Species code: Cs)
• Halodule beaudettei (Species code: Hy)
• Halodule bermudensis (Species code: Hr)
• Halodule bermudensis (Species code: Hi)
• Halodule ciliata (Species code: Hi)
• Halodule emarginata (Species code: Hg)
• Halodule pinifolia (Species code: Hp)
• Halodule uninervis (Species code: Hu)
• Halodule wrightii (Species code: Hw)
• Syringodium filiforme (Species code Sf)
• Syringodium isoetifolium (Species code: Si)
• Thalassodendron ciliatum (Species code: Tc)
• Thalassodendron pachyrhizum (Species code: Tp)
• Lepilaena australis (Species code: La)
• Lepilaena marina (Species code: Lm)
• Ruppia cirrhosa (Species code: Rc)
• Ruppia maritima (Species code: Rm)
• Ruppia polycarpa (Species code: Rp)
• Ruppia tuberosa (Species code: Rt)
• Phyllospadix iwatensis (Species code: Pi)
• Phyllospadix japonicus (Species code: Pj)
• Phyllospadix scouleri (Species code: Ps)
• Phyllospadix serrulatus (Species code: Pr)
• Phyllospadix torreyi (Species code: Pt)
• Zostera asiatica (Species code: za)
• Zostera caespitosa (Species code: Zs)
• Zostera capensis (Species code: Zp)
• Zostera caulescens (Species code: Zl)
• Zostera chilensis (Species code: Zh)
• Zostera geojeensis (Species code: Zg)
• Zostera japonica (Species code: Jj)
• Zostera muelleri (Species code: Zc)
• Zostera nigricaulis (Species code: Zg)
• Zostera pacifica (Species code: Zf)
• Zostera polychlamys (Species code: Zo)
• Zostera tasmanica (Species code: Zt)
• Posidonia angustifolia (Species code: Pg)
• Posidonia australis (Species code: Pa)
• Posidonia coriacea (Species code: Pc)
• Posidonia denhartogii (Species code: Pd)
• Posidonia kirkmanii (Species code: Pk)
• Posidonia oceanica (Species code: Po)
• Posidonia ostenfeldii (Species code: Pf)
• Posidonia sinuosa (Species code: Pn)
• Enhalus acoroides (Species code: Ea)
• Halophila australis (Species Code: Ha)
• Halophila baillonii (Species code: Hl)
• Halophila beccarii (Species code: Hb)
• Halophila capricorni (Species code: Hc)
• Halophila decipiens (Species code: Hd)
• Halophila engelmanni (Species code: He)
• Halophila euphlebia (Species code: Hf)
• Halophila hawaiiana (Species code: Hh)
• Halophila johnsonii (Species code: Hj)
• Halophila minor (Species code: Hm)
• Halophila nipponica (Species code: Hk)
• Halophila nipponica (Species code: Hi)
• Halophila ovalis (Species code: Ho)
• Halophila ovata (Species code: Hq)
• Halophila ovata (Species code: Hv)
• Halophila spinulosa (Species code: Hn)
• Halophila stipulacea (Species code: Hs)
• Halophila sulawesii (Species code: Hy)
• Halophila sulawesii (Species code: Hf)
• Halophila tricostata (Species code: Ht)
• Thalassia hemprichii (Species code: Th)
• Thalassia testudinum (Species code: Tt)

All caps

• Lepus corsicanus (APPENINE HARE) — all caps name. Suggested: Appenine hare
• Callionymus whiteheadi (WHITEHEAD'S DEEPWATER DRAGONET) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Whitehead's Deepwater Dragonet"
• Uropterygius fuscoguttatus (BROWN SNAKE MORAY EEL) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Brown Snake Moray Eel"
• Meriones tamariscinus (TAMARISK JIRD) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Tamarisk Jird"
• Mus spretus (WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN MOUSE) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Western Mediterranean Mouse"
• Lagurus lagurus (STEPPE LEMMING) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Steppe Lemming"
• Lagurus lagurus (STEPPE VOLE) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Steppe Vole"
• Lemmus sibiricus (BROWN LEMMING) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Brown Lemming"
• Lemmus sibiricus (SIBERIAN BROWN LEMMING) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Siberian Brown Lemming"
• Microtus felteni (BALKAN PINE VOLE) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Balkan Pine Vole"
• Myodes rutilus (RED VOLE) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Red Vole"
• Dipus sagitta (NORTHERN THREE-TOED JERBOA) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Northern Three-toed Jerboa"
• Pygeretmus pumilio (DWARF FAT-TAILED JERBOA) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa"
• Stylodipus telum (THICK-TAILED THREE-TOED JERBOA) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Thick-tailed Three-toed Jerboa"
• Spalax arenarius (SANDY MOLE RAT) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Sandy Mole Rat"
• Spalax microphthalmus (GREATER BLIND MOLE RAT) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Greater Blind Mole Rat"
• Spalax microphthalmus (GREATER MOLE RAT) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Greater Mole Rat"
• Myotis mystacinus (WHISKERED MYOTIS) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Whiskered Myotis"
• Crocidura zimmermanni (CRETAN SHREW) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Cretan Shrew"
• Crocidura zimmermanni (CRETAN WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Cretan White-toothed Shrew"
• Sorex antinorii (VALAIS SHREW) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Valais Shrew"
• Sorex arunchi (UDINE SHREW) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Udine Shrew"
• Sorex caecutiens (MASKED SHREW) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Masked Shrew"
• Sorex isodon (TAIGA SHREW) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Taiga Shrew"
• Sorex tundrensis (TUNDRA SHREW) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Tundra Shrew"
• Lepus corsicanus (CORSICAN HARE) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Corsican Hare"
• Pseudocotalpa giulianii (GIULIANI'S DUNE SCARAB BEETLE) — redundant all caps name. Also has name listed as: "Giuliani's Dune Scarab Beetle"

Odd caps

Ignoring names starting with: d', De, l', Mac, Mc, Van

• Pycnonotus jocosus (Red-whiskered BulbulI) — camel case: BulbulI
• Columba livia (Rock DoveI) — camel case: DoveI

Possible plurals

Names ending in s. Common names are usually listed as singular, but these ones appear to be plural.

Ignoring names ending with: andes, charaxes, cinclodes, diopetes, eros, galaxias, goviós, is, melidectes, mys, ops, 's, seps, ss, steenbras, texas, us. Also ignoring names containing 'of the', such as 'King Of The Breams', and 'de', such as 'Cyprès de l'Atlas'.

Most of these are false positives, but some might possibly be plurals which should be singular.

• Bangana dero (Kalabans): — possible plural
• Barbus bynni ssp. occidentalis (Barbels): — possible plural
• Hypoplectrus aberrans (Bad Lucks): — possible plural
• Hypoplectrus gemma (Bad Lucks): — possible plural
• Pseudanthias cichlops (Yellow Anthias): — possible plural
• Pseudanthias ignitus (Flame Anthias): — possible plural
• Pseudanthias pictilis (Painted Anthias): — possible plural
• Argyrozona argyrozona (Doppies): — possible plural
• Dentex macrophthalmus (Walvis Bay Reds): — possible plural
• Dentex macrophthalmus (Reds): — possible plural
• Haplochromis xanthopteryx (Black Pseudo-nigricans): — possible plural
• Cephalopholis cruentata (Coney Barbados): — possible plural
• Cephalopholis sonnerati (Vieille Ananas): — possible plural
• Epinephelus gabriellae (Mero Pintitas): — possible plural
• Alectis ciliaris (Jacks): — possible plural
• Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Brown Sweetlips): — possible plural
• Centropyge vrolikii (Angel abu polos): — possible plural
• Epigonus denticulatus (Gobbleguts): — possible plural
• Kyphosus bigibbus (Drummers): — possible plural
• Kyphosus vaigiensis (Drummers): — possible plural
• Priacanthus arenatus (Johnny Diggens): — possible plural
• Pomatomus saltatrix (Choppers): — possible plural
• Pomatomus saltatrix (Jumbos): — possible plural
• Pomatomus saltatrix (Razorbacks): — possible plural
• Brycinus grandisquamis (Pinkfin Alestes): — possible plural
• Distichodus engycephalus (Grass-eaters): — possible plural
• Conger conger (Congers): — possible plural
• Luciosudis normani (Paperbones): — possible plural
• Opisthoproctus grimaldii (Barreleyes): — possible plural
• Opisthoproctus soleatus (Barreleyes): — possible plural
• Sardina pilchardus (Soused Pilchards): — possible plural
• Sardinella aurita (Round Sardines): — possible plural
• Sardinops sagax ssp. sagax (Mulies): — possible plural
• Pungitius hellenicus (Ellinopygósteos): — possible plural
• Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus (Pearlsides): — possible plural
• Maurolicus weitzmani (Pearlsides): — possible plural
• Mormyrus macrophthalmus (Mormyrids): — possible plural
• Petrocephalus simus (Mormyrids): — possible plural
• Aneides lugubris (Sad-colored Anaides): — possible plural
• Pedetes capensis (Springhaas): — possible plural
• Bos primigenius (Aurochs): — possible plural
• Crossleyia xanthophrys (Yellow-browed Oxylabes): — possible plural
• Tringa flavipes (Lesser Yellowlegs): — possible plural
• Tringa melanoleuca (Greater Yellowlegs): — possible plural
• Scincella monticola (Mountain Ground Skink (Walters): — possible plural
• Morunasaurus annularis (Ringed Manticores): — possible plural
• Morunasaurus groi (Gro's Manticores): — possible plural
• Morunasaurus peruvianus (Cenepa Manticores): — possible plural
• Hemachatus haemachatus (Ringhals): — possible plural
• Hemachatus haemachatus (Rinkhals): — possible plural
• Hypnale nepa (Geckos): — possible plural
• Lachnocnema luna (Druce's Large Woolly Legs): — possible plural
• Liptena modesta (Modest False Dots): — possible plural
• Micropentila adelgitha (Common Dots): — possible plural
• Oxythemis phoenicosceles (Pepperpants): — possible plural
• Planiplax arachne (Scarlet Spiderlegs): — possible plural
• Planiplax machadoi (Mantled Spiderlegs): — possible plural
• Tramea calverti (Striped Saddlebags): — possible plural
• Tramea carolina (Carolina Saddlebags): — possible plural
• Tramea onusta (Red Saddlebags): — possible plural
• Notogomphus praetorius (Yellowjack Longlegs): — possible plural
• Metacnemis valida (Kubusi Featherlegs): — possible plural
• Spesbona angusta (Ceres Featherlegs): — possible plural
• Cherax quinquecarinatus (Gilgies): — possible plural
• Euastacus kershawi (Spinybacks): — possible plural
• Astragalus nuttallianus (Turkey-peas): — possible plural
• Crotalaria rotundifolia (Rabbitbells): — possible plural
• Isotropis cuneifolia (Granny Bonnets): — possible plural
• Vicia amoena (Cheder Ebs): — possible plural
• Ilysanthes rotundifolia (Baby's Tears): — possible plural
• Zanthoxylum flavum (Yellow Sanders): — possible plural
• Potentilla seidlitziana (Zeidlits' Five-fingers): — possible plural
• Montia fontana (Blinks): — possible plural
• Aquilaria malaccensis (Lign-aloes): — possible plural
• Bidens molokaiensis (Molokai Beggarticks): — possible plural
• Bidens populifolia (Oahu Beggarticks): — possible plural
• Laurelia sempervirens (Chilean Sassafras): — possible plural
• Barbarea vulgaris (Herb Barbaras): — possible plural
• Sarracenia alata (Yellow Trumpets): — possible plural
• Alnus cordata (Hartbladige Els): — possible plural
• Caladenia catenata (White Fingers): — possible plural
• Caladenia cracens (Neat Caps): — possible plural
• Caladenia dimorpha (Spicy Caps): — possible plural
• Spiranthes brevilabris (Texas Ladies'-tresses): — possible plural
• Spiranthes casei (Case's Ladies'-tresses): — possible plural
• Spiranthes delitescens (Canelo Hills Ladies'-Tresses): — possible plural
• Spiranthes delitescens (Madrean Ladies'-Tresses): — possible plural
• Spiranthes diluvialis (Ute Lady's Tresses): — possible plural
• Spiranthes diluvialis (Intermountain Ladies-tresses): — possible plural
• Spiranthes diluvialis (Flood Ladies-tresses): — possible plural
• Spiranthes diluvialis (Plateau Lady's Tresses): — possible plural
• Spiranthes diluvialis (Diluvim Ladies'-tresses): — possible plural
• Spiranthes infernalis (Ash Meadows Ladies'-Tresses): — possible plural
• Spiranthes parksii (Navasota Ladies-tresses): — possible plural
• Triphora craigheadii (Craighead's Noddingcaps): — possible plural
• Cymbopogon obtectus (Silky Heads): — possible plural
• Ornithogalum gabrielianiae (Gabrielyan's Starflowers): — possible plural
• Ornithogalum hyrcanum (Hyrkanyan Starflowers): — possible plural
• Gagea apulica (Gagée des Pouilles): — possible plural
• Alocasia sinuata (Alocasia Quilted Dreams): — possible plural
• Aframomum angustifolium (Guinea Grains): — possible plural

Species Nova

• Plerandra sp. nov. "calcicola" — uses double quotes (most in the IUCN database use single quotes)
• Plerandra sp. nov. "letocartiorum" — uses double quotes (most in the IUCN database use single quotes)
• Plerandra sp. nov. "longistyla" — uses double quotes (most in the IUCN database use single quotes)
• Plerandra sp. nov. "mackeei" — uses double quotes (most in the IUCN database use single quotes)
• Plerandra sp. nov. "memaoyaensis" — uses double quotes (most in the IUCN database use single quotes)
• Plerandra sp. nov. "neocaledonica" — uses double quotes (most in the IUCN database use single quotes)
• Plerandra sp. nov. "pouemboutensis" — uses double quotes (most in the IUCN database use single quotes)
• Plerandra sp. nov. "taomensis" — uses double quotes (most in the IUCN database use single quotes)
• Plerandra sp. nov. "tronchetii" — uses double quotes (most in the IUCN database use single quotes)

Counts:

• Single quote: 88 — e.g. Schefflera sp. nov. 'nanocephala'
• Double quote: 9 — e.g. Plerandra sp. nov. "tronchetii"
• Empty: 11 — e.g. Amomum sp. nov.
• Other: 17 — e.g. Asparagus sp. nov. A

Symbols in scientific name

• Macrochlamys sp. nov. 'White, umbilicate' — contains symbol(s) (not an error)
• Notharinia sp. nov. 'Khoe La & Ong' — contains symbol(s) (not an error)
• Leopardus tigrinus_old ssp. oncilla — contains symbol(s)
• Cebus olivaceus_old ssp. apiculatus — contains symbol(s)
• Cebus olivaceus_old ssp. nigrivittatus — contains symbol(s)
• Cebus olivaceus_old ssp. olivaceus — contains symbol(s)

Better language choice available

The IUCN database has English, French, and Spanish common name fields.

• Echinocereus pectinatus — "Órgano-pequeño peine" is listed as English, but could be listed as Spanish.
• Cyprinodon longidorsalis — "Cachorrito de Charco Palmal" is listed as English, but could be listed as Spanish.

Typos found in binomial names

Please consider these changes carefully. Please at least list the alternative name as a synonym.

• Ectodus descampsi should be Ectodus descampsii
• Harpgoxenus zaisanicus should be Harpagoxenus zaisanicus according to some sources
• Anchlidon agrestis should probably be Achlidon agrestis
• Brasiliothelphusa tapajoense should probably be Brasiliothelphusa tapajoensis
• Bogidiella bermudensis should be Bogidiella bermudiensis, and according to worms the currently accepted name is Bermudagidiella bermudiensis. The "bermudensis" spelling is generally far more common in scientific names but this seems to be an exception.
• Speocirolana thermydromis should be Speocirolana thermydronis
• Euptelea pleiospermum should be Euptelea pleiosperma
• Diplomystes nahuelbutensis should be Diplomystes nahuelbutaensis

Typos in other scientific names

• Anthoceratophyta should be Anthocerotophyta (hornworts)
• Euphasiacea should be Euphausiacea (krill)

Possibly extinct

• Acheilognathus elongatus — not tagged as PE

Stats

• 38651 of 82954 species have at least one English common name. (47%)
• 680 of 2016 subspecies (infraspecies) have at least one English common name. (34%)
• 39331 of 84970 taxa (species+subspecies) have at least one English common name. (46%)
• 59582 total species common names
• 1076 total subspecies common names
• 60658 total common names