Common Names

I was again asked via PM why I spell the English sp. Piranha as pirana or piraña with the tilde over the ñ . It is my personal choice to spell it with or without because I have both Spanish and English on my keyboard and I generally write in English in forum boards and when corresponding with Brazil I use Spanish in some cases. I hate switching between the two.

For more on common names Read the fossil record and the usage of common names listed via this link.