Yea your right, what I meant was peacock bass are cichlids, other bass such as smallmouth are part of the sunfish family
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Did You Know Oscars are Bass???
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Yea your right, what I meant was peacock bass are cichlids, other bass such as smallmouth are part of the sunfish family
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And if you head up north 90 percent of the fish are perch...doesn't matter if its a sunfish, bluegill, bass, walleye w/e. They're all "perch fish" up here.
I'm still reeling from the discovery that "Tilapia" is the generic name for hundreds of different cichlids. In that case I have eaten a LOT of cichlids.. lol
I grew up in the south and discovered that all the common names I knew things as changed depending on where you were in the country. Fish, Birds.. even soda, errr, pop, err coke.. you know
I grew up in the south and discovered that all the common names I knew things as changed depending on where you were in the country. Fish, Birds.. even soda, errr, pop, err coke.. you know
what I never understood was calling sunfish bream, never got that. And the people by me call everything that is a sunfish a bluegill, doesnt matter what species it is, then when I try and correct them i feel like a total prick lol. Then theres only two types of catfish, theres Channel Cats, and Mudcats (flathead). And bullheads aren't even a catfish apparently? The people around here are not very fish mart lol.
In England we have bream, roach, perch (actual perch), pike and tench
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Lol exactly i went fishing for the first time this year and caught a little bullhead when i said "oh yea i caught a little catfish" everyone laughed and said no it's a bullhead... I was so confused lol
You know I think it varies allot from one part of the country to the other. Here to them anything over 6 inchs means you can eat it
. I'm from New Enland, Where we had Perch, Bass, Sunfish, Trout, Salmon, Pickral, Pike etc) I moved South and the same fish all had different names. Now I've moved West and I'm starting all over.
Do you folks know I think some of the most beautiful fish I have ever seen are in the Trout, Salmon family? Up here there are so many and talk about Beautiful???? Wish they where tank fish!!!! I need to put a lock on my tank because the townfolk want my Oscar for breakfast. This is truly such a awesome place...there are a few spots where you can live in the past. All the fun stuff, Wolves, Bear, Elk, Dear, there are more dear then dogs downtown during hunting season it's nothing to wake up to 10 or 15 dear/elk in your yard and they arn't the slightest bit scared. They know they can't be shot at in town
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. I'm from New Enland, Where we had Perch, Bass, Sunfish, Trout, Salmon, Pickral, Pike etc) I moved South and the same fish all had different names. Now I've moved West and I'm starting all over.Do you folks know I think some of the most beautiful fish I have ever seen are in the Trout, Salmon family? Up here there are so many and talk about Beautiful???? Wish they where tank fish!!!! I need to put a lock on my tank because the townfolk want my Oscar for breakfast. This is truly such a awesome place...there are a few spots where you can live in the past. All the fun stuff, Wolves, Bear, Elk, Dear, there are more dear then dogs downtown during hunting season it's nothing to wake up to 10 or 15 dear/elk in your yard and they arn't the slightest bit scared. They know they can't be shot at in town
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