China restaurant forks out $75,000 for lucky fish

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WTF? Why do Chinese come up with the lamest common names? As a bilingual Chinese-American, I've always thought Chinese has the worst common names of any language. Why are giant salamanders and crocodiles considered fish ("yu") in Chinese? Someone needs to teach basic taxonomy to 1.2 billion people.

i agree. I've heard some CRAZY names for some fish. One of my favourites is for channa micropeltes the name the gave it was the "red indian fish"

 

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A Chinese restaurant has paid $75,000 for a giant golden-coloured tiger fish, a symbol of wealth and good fortune.

unfortunately the restaurant sonn went bankrupt after such an enormous purchase.