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That is a computer taking its best guesses.You can click on any language and hear how the “e” at the end of koy seems to come and go depending on the pronunciation.
How To Pronounce Scarus quoyi: Scarus quoyi pronunciation
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If it is latinized, the -i at the end should be pronounced like a hard e. Like EEE. If you want a Latin explanation, the person named quoy was, I’m guessing, a man. Thus, latinization would add second declension endings to the word. The ending of the long -i would be a genitive singular then, which makes sense since it would mean “of quoy”. So, the parrotfish of quoy. Not sure if that makes sense, but it is not an “eye” sound if this word has been latinized.The word isn't random, the "quoyi" is a Latinized the name "Quoy" from the French Zoologist Jean René Constant Quoy. I have no idea what a Latinized pronunciation of a French name would be because I neither know French nor Latin.
Check this link out that mentions that this fish is named after him:
The Eponym Dictionary of Birds
A comprehensive dictionary listing all the people whose names are commemorated in the English and scientific names of birds.Birdwatchers often come across bird names that include a person's name, either in the vernacular (English) name or latinised in the scientific nomenclature. Such names are...books.google.com
Names are different. C. boylei is pronounced Boyle-eye. X greenei is pronounced Greene-eye.
Do you pronounce it Acro-pour-ah or a-crop-or-ah? pocillopora point of sale-ill-o-pour- ah or pocil -op-or-ah? They are all fine. They are all 'correct'.
