Another good example why you don't name animals after people

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Douchebags huh?

Gerald R. Allen and Norbert J. Cross are not douches in my opinion because they decided to name a fish boesemani after a man they respected Dr. Marinus Boeseman, Curator of Fishes at a zoo in the netherlands. To me the name is easy and original to taxonomy unlike trifasciata or lamprologous.

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Arachnar;2064306; said:
Douchebags huh?

Gerald R. Allen and Norbert J. Cross are not douches in my opinion because they decided to name a fish boesemani after a man they respected Dr. Marinus Boeseman, Curator of Fishes at a zoo in the netherlands. To me the name is easy and original to taxonomy unlike trifasciata or lamprologous.
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I'm glad you are happy with the current mess that the taxonomy of fish is in.
 
This story pisses me off more every minute. Why the hell would you name a snake after your wife? His wife should punch him in the bean bag, and I'll be waiting my turn for round 2.
 
ewurm;2065019; said:
I'm glad you are happy with the current mess that the taxonomy of fish is in.
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Care to elaborate?

IMO taxonomy could always be considered to be a "mess" by a pessimist, it is a work in progress and is forever changing as people discover more and research more. By saying "current mess" are you implying that its worse than it was 10 years ago, when nearly every cichlid in Central America was lumped under Cichlasoma? There will always be those who split things up and those who lump them together, and naming species after a person instead of using a Latin word to describe a feature of the animal isn't really going to make things less messy.
Take the genus Uaru for example.
The species name amphiacanthoides is derived from their resemblence to the marine fish genus Amphiacanthus. The name is derived from the Greek words amphi meaning around; on both sides, acanth meaning a spine; thorn; prickle - refering to the number of spines members of this genus possess. The Greek suffix -oides means like - a reference to the number of spines on the unpaired fins of the Uaru being like those of Amphiacanthus.
The species U. fernandezyepezi is named after Fernandez Yepez.

I didn't have a clue what amphiacanthoides means and had to Google it to find out. And I don't see what difference it makes naming U. fernandezyepezi after Yepez instead of some word describing the shape of the black blotches...

Perhaps you should get out there and start describing new species so you can name them as you see fit. ;)
 
This reminds me of that Durso guy. When your best idea is actually someone else's, you don't put your name on it.


And the snake guy should have been more sensitive to the credit of the locals. I'm sure they had a big part of his coming to know of the snake. In not giving credit where it was due just reinforces the Worlds' image of the arrogance of the West. :(
 
ewurm;2063949; said:
It should be named in a manner that at least gives some context clue to the actual animal, not a context clue to who the douchebag was that was wandering through the woods and found it, or his wife for that matter.
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Yeah. Too bad many many animals are named after people.
 
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