Inappropriate Common Names

[Tokis-Phoenix]

killer whale, not a whale?

Yes it is a whale, but this is about aquarium fish, not marine mammals!

Actually killer whales are dolphins; i read it in the latest National Geographic and there even lest reports of killer whales attacking people than great white sharks so...

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Got some catfish ones for you;

baby whale catfish- nothing related to whales
Banjo cory- does not play a banjo
bandit cory- not a criminal
Bizzard cactus pleco- doesn't cause blizzards or live in cactus
Chocolate pleco- not made out of chocolate
Coffee and cream pleco- doesn't taste like coffee and cream
Crocodile catfish- not related to crocodiles
Flame pleco- not made of fire
Ghost banjo catfish- not a paranormal ghost spirit fish and cant play a musical instrument
Mega snowball pleco- not made out of snow
pac man catfish- will not find in video game
pyjama catfish- doesn't wear pyjamas
zebra pleco- does not roam the plains of kenya

 

[The-Wolf]

I got ot get in on this act

Zebra danio; the stripes on a ZD are horizontal not vertical and they are blue not black

that's all I have to contribute, great post Sir

 

[Mr Miagi]

Freshwater

-panda cory - who eva put a panda i a tank?
-Peppered Cory- They aint peppered, and if they were that would just be wrong...
-Ram - Mine doesnt charge me?
-Keyhole Ciclid - Bet you couldnt put your key in one! (Actually, i shouldnt have said that should i...)
-Bronze catfish - GOOD LUCK SwIMMING!

Saltwater

-tomato clown - NOT a tomato!
- Cowfish......What THE?!?!

 

[guppygirl]

Dojo eels, they are not eels, they're loaches!!

 

[pica_nuttalli]

Angel -- cichlids aren't known for their sweet dispositions (just ask katchan )

Coffee and cream pleco- doesn't taste like coffee and cream

don't wanna know... don't even wanna know...

Dojo eels, they are not eels, they're loaches!!

nor do they run around doing karate

 

[guppygirl]

nor do they run around doing karate

Hmmm... don't get it.
But they're cute!

 

[troutfly]

Have to agree with Pica, don't want to know. A dojo is a martial arts studio where a person will pratice Karate(chinese definition means "open handed").

Very good thread, I would like to add a fish, Mahi Mahi or Dolphin Fish, not a dolphin.

I know we are susposed to limit this to apquarium speices so I would like to add these two - Peacock Eel or Peacock Bass, neither of them are peacocks or birds.

 

[littlefishie]

nor do they run around doing karate

Hmmm... don't get it.
But they're cute!

Dojo = the name of the room in which you are taught karate.. kinda like a studio.
When I took karate we had to enter the 'dojo' and bow to the sensei before starting.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Giraffe catfish- not a giraffe
Flowerhorn- Not sweet like a flower, not got horns either

 

[littlefishie]

Pigeon Blood Discus -- no pigeon blood in 'em! [I hope.. ]

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Got some more catfish for you;

Glass catfish- not made out of glass
Bumblebee catfish- can't fly and is not a bee
Blonde bulldog pleco- not stupid and not a dog
Butter catfish- don't use to spread on bread
Candy striped pleco- doesn't taste sweat...
Coal pleco- not made out of fossilized organic matter
Crystal eyed catfish- eyes are not crystals
dwarf giraffe catfish- not actually related to small giraffes
fairy catfish- will not exchange your teeth for money not matter how much you try to persuade it...
Firewood catfish- doesn't actually brun very well...
Gold cory- can't actually melt it down into jewlery
Gold marble bristlenose catfish- can't pave streets with it
Helicopter catfish- can't fly in it
Hummingbird catfish- will not polenate your flowers
Lace catfish- not used to make clothes
Laser back cory- does not have a laser atached to its back
Olive royal pleco- do not pickle in jars
tiger shovelnose catfish- not related to tigers and not a garden tool
Zombie pleco- not actually a fish version of the living dead...

 

[littlefishie]

fairy catfish- will not exchange your teeth for money not matter how much you try to persuade it...

...I think that's my favourite so far!

 

[CFC]

Have to agree with Pica, don't want to know. A dojo is a martial arts studio where a person will pratice Karate(chinese definition means "open handed").

Very good thread, I would like to add a fish, Mahi Mahi or Dolphin Fish, not a dolphin.

I know we are susposed to limit this to apquarium speices so I would like to add these two - Peacock Eel or Peacock Bass, neither of them are peacocks or birds.

Peacock eels and peacock bass are aqaurium fish, i have kept both and still have a peacock bass.

 

[webcat5]

Olive royal pleco- do not pickle in jars

Also do not wear little crowns!