Cichlid nicknames

[the animal guy]

example:

Umbees = Umbriferum
Red terrors = Festaes
3 spots = Trimacs
Wolf cichlid = Doviis


um um umm...



do you know more you can add?

Like what's the Green terrors nick name?
And do the Ornatums have a nick name yet? How about Orny?



Anyways.. Nicknames make them cooler. If ones with none, we should get together and give them one here.

 

[Gruff Master]

Parachromis Managuensis AKA Jaguar or just Jag for short.

 

[the animal guy]

Like what's the Green terrors nick name?

oh my bad.
Green terror IS the nickname. Their Scientific name Rivalatus or something like that.

 

[creepyoldguy]

THis thread could go on forever due to the mislabeling of fish at lfs and distributors

 

[Jason_S]

THis thread could go on forever due to the mislabeling of fish at lfs and distributors

agreed....some fish have multiple nicknames such as Nandopsis haitiensis...the Haitian cichlid, Odo or Black Nasty...all 3 names referring to the same fish.

 

[HybridGS]

How about we make a MFK comprehensive list of Scientific and common names, no other site has a list like this., people can contribute and all data can be stored in the 1st post.

Ie

Common Severum Gold/Red Spotted/Green, Banded Cichlid = Heros Efaciatus
Red neck/Shoulder Severum = Heros Sp. Rotkeil
Spotted Severum = Heros Notatus
Mouth brooding Severum = Heros Severus

Then once a big list has been made they can be separated into South/Central/SA Dwarf etc.

Might sound dumb to some, but would be the ideal thread to point newbies towards for common/scientific names etc.

Also bare in mind that this site is global, ie: Me in England would call a fish something completely different to you in America, breaks down the language barrier a bit.

 

[Cichla dude]

GT= Green Terror
RD= Red Devil
PA= Port Acara
BA= Blue or Black Acara
JD= Jack Dempsey
EE= Earth Eater
FM= Firemouth
Those how the fish are sold at my fish store, abbr. then full name, a lil care sheet, and finally price. They do have a buy 1 get 2 free on the gt, jd, and usually fm and earth eater since they usually have em in so small.

 

[elting44]

How about we make a MFK comprehensive list of Scientific and common names, no other site has a list like this.,

There are dozens of sites that have lists of cichlid common names, here is one.

Many fish have multiple common names, some have none. It is eaiser to use google than to try and make an all inclusive list

 

[Jason_S]

There are dozens of sites that have lists of cichlid common names, here is one.

Many fish have multiple common names, some have none. It is eaiser to use google than to try and make an all inclusive list

Personally, I wouldn't link that site or recommend it to anyone. I could have a field day going through correcting those profiles but someone else would simply come along and "fix" them again. lol

 

[elting44]

Personally, I wouldn't link that site or recommend it to anyone. I could have a field day going through correcting those profiles but someone else would simply come along and "fix" them again. lol

LOL, very true, good point!

I would not use wiki either, and I didn't reccomend it.

Cichlid Room Companion's Cichlid Catalogue is a good resource, but it goes by genus.

I just linked the first google link for "Cichlid Common Names"

The point that I was trying to make was there are lists like this that exsist elsewhere.