Ever Wanted To Name A Fish?

[The-Wolf]

hi all
I discovered this on fishbase and just had to share it with you.

there are over 16,000 species without an English common name listed on fishbase
they are holding a public competitionto allocate those fish a common name and
you could have you name chosen by the judges and officially applied to that fish.
you will also have your name on fishbases entry for that fish as a collaborator.

yes there is no real prize but being able to say you named a fish, or lots of fish, should be reward enough.

the full list is here http/64.95.130.5/tools/NameExplorer/SpeciesList.php but you can't jump to each letter of the alphabet, so
you will have to view every page to find a particular fish. if you are looking for one that starts in M then you'll be there for a long time.

some of the listings that have no common name are starting to appear with a direct link to the competition,
look under the scientific name at the top left for the link button.

I've noticed that sometimes there are too many people using fishbase and it can't connect you so I use two different URLs for it
the main one being http/fishbase.org/search.php but if that don't connect I use http/filaman.uni-kiel.de/search.php

so go on, get your thinking caps on and start submitting those entries

 

[Aphotic Phoenix]

Once again The-Wolf comes up with something awesome for us. Thanks.

 

[orange shark]

Brilliant!

 

[orange shark]

Its quite annoying that most of them dont have pictures though

 

[helterskelter]

well I'm just filling in the with a common name thats not listed, course being me i'm looking at the rare livebearers

 

[Miss Wiggle]

oh cool
i want a wiggle fish!!

 

[helterskelter]

Shame their is no search tool as u have to start from the beginning of the list every time, will take a long time to get to the end!!!!

 

[orange shark]

If you have time go right to the end and name all the fish on the last 5 pages and you will automatically get to name those fish cos no1 else will be bothered to go back like 1000 pages!

 

[Bozza]

There is a easier way to have the main search section open and have the page to enter the name hehe. Yes once again Wolf comes up with another good topic. Thank you for sharing it with us

 

[J4MES]

has anyone actually named one yet? lol

 

[The-Wolf]

I have submitted quite a few, now it is down to the judges