If you think species names are whimsical, wait until you see the list of Drosophila (fruit fly) gene names. edit: I am not sure species names should be systemat

If you think species names are whimsical, wait until you see the list of Drosophila (fruit fly) gene names. edit: I am not sure species names should be systematical either, as long as they are differently named. Molecules up to a certain complexity can be named by their formula. Species have far greater complexity yet.