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Re: NFC: Fish names

To: nfc at actwin_com
Subject: Re: NFC: Fish names
From: mdb6850 at tamug_tamu.edu
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:59:42 -0600
In-reply-to: <3A6E06B0.B300E03 at home_com>

I hear you on the "pet" peeve thing. One of my favorites in the fish 
trade is giving red shiners (Cyprinella lutrensis) the common name 
"Asiatic fire barb" or "rainbow dace". It does not do American 
fishes justice. True, the red shiner has had a bad impact in some 
places, but there's no point in naming it something totally bogus. 
Just because a handful of Asian breeders rear this fish does not 
make it Asian. Nor is it a dace and certainly not a barb! And only 
by a significant stretch of the imagination is it the color of fire. Now 
how's that for confusion?!
Matt

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