In The Previous Post,

I mention a new species of Ichthyosaur,

photograph © Juan C. Sánchez-Nivicela, well new species are being discovered all of the time, like this one, the Stream treefrog (Hyloscirtus tolkieni), Ecuador, named in honour of J.R.R.Tolkien, this just one of 5 newly described species of 2023, and these are just a few of many, but 5 of which are in this article, it is not uncommon for a new specie to be named after some one famous or indeed the person that discovered it, mentioning famous people in the article there is also a snake called DiCaprio’s snail-eating snake (Sibon irmelindicaprioae), which was named after Leonardo DiCaprio’s mother, the specific epithet ‘irmelindicaprioae’ honors Irmelin DiCaprio, the mother of the actor and conservationist Leonardo DiCaprio who chose the name, I always wished I could be lucky enough to find a new spices of fish, it cold be called whatever it was Kempi or Kempii, but alas it was not to be, why Kempi or the spelling Kempii? with a double i, have a look here.