In 2008, The Department of Developmental Biology at the Osaka Bioscience institute in Japan, discovered a new retinal protein and named it “Pikachurin.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/sciencecommunication/2014/09/22/pikachurin-i-choose-you/
Better than that time they named one Sonic Hedgehog protein, and doctors ended up stuck telling parents their child was incompatible with life because “Sonic Hedgehog mutated!”