I've had nine years of Latin. Started in the fifth grade and all the way through the first two years of college. The way we pronounce things in the fish world is not the correct pronunciation if you're going strictly by the actual language. I had an instructor who was a theology doctorate who actually went and lived for some time with some monks who for centuries have spoken nothing but Latin amongst themselves. It's probably the closest we will ever get to actual correct pronunciation. Interestingly I have also worked in the legal field and their pronunciation is different from both scientific and classical Latin. Something else we need to take into account is that some of these species names especially are taken from proper nouns so they are of a form which would not exist in classical Latin. All that having been said is to say that I think pronunciation has become unique to whatever field in which it is used. The ending ae for example should be pronounced as a long I in classical Latin. The ending I should be pronounced as a long e. The ending II should be pronounced as long as he and then long I. But convention in modern fishkeeping has often strayed from that pronunciation and that's okay. That's why you see me struggle with the endings sometimes when I'm auctioneering because I'm having an internal conflict between 9 years of classical Latin and hearing it in the Fish World a different way most of my life. If we were doing it in front of a bunch of lawyers I would probably have to recuse myself LOL. So I guess what it boils down to like I said before is whatever the convention is within that particular niche. I would focus on getting the rest of the word correct and letting the ending take care of itself. - Charles Jones 2019