Grammodes common name suggestion

[cchhcc]

Nope........ Fruitycakes has already taken hold.

Check out the hot Fruitycakes in my avatar!!!!!

 

[FSM]

is it a fruitycake, or fruitycakes?

 

[SMS]

"Many pointed cichlid" according to Alexrods Atlas
Hes got some real gems in there, a zonatum is a "dappled cichlid"

 

[hailmike]

I don't think it's showing off. Like we mentioned the cichlids that have had a stronger foothold in the hobby usually get called by their common names instead of their scientific, while the less available fish (hard to find at the average LFS) are referred to by their scientific name. This is particularly important because many less available fish have more than one common name or new names trying to gain a foothold. i recently saw Parachromis Loisellei at two LFS' in Socal that had them labeled as Black jaguar cichlid. I'm not sure how far that will get but it is obvious someone is trying to push that name, maybe a wholesaler trying to put a flashy name on a fish lacking one. if I were to say I just bought a Black jag and had no pic, i'm sure no one would know what i'm talking about... yet.

i've called loisellei louies for a while now just because i'm not sure how it's pronounced; it's caught on with a couple people. i figure it's not much different than calling a grammode grammy.

 

[BastardFish]

What's wrong with Grammy?

Just hate it lol Like Fruitycakes better lol

 

[FSM]

there was a nice fruitycakes at a LFS a few months ago...the guy thought it was a dovii.

 

[RMac]

Hey CHC, do you still own any fruitycakes? That one in your avatar is a beauty.

 

[BastardFish]

lol I love this thread I know it has to annoy someone hahahah

 

[krichardson]

What's wrong with Grammy?

Nothing if you own one and its worth something at the pawn shop.I have only heard sieve cichlid as a common name.How'd the name Grammodes come to be used anyhow?

 

[balton777]

Nothing if you own one and its worth something at the pawn shop.I have only heard sieve cichlid as a common name.How'd the name Grammodes come to be used anyhow?

I copied this from a page at The Cichlid Room Companion.
http://www.cichlidae.com/article.php?id=428

The 'C' grammodes cichlid is one of the most striking of all of the guapotes. The torso has a beige background that is adorned with small red spots, an appearance that has earned grammodes the nickname the "sieve cichlid". There is a dark lateral line that runs from the eye to the tail. The face is covered with red vein like streaks. I believe that the word grammodes translates from Greek into English as fine lines, which possibly purports to those vein like streaks to the face. The unpaired fins have a violet hue. The head is very large, especially in males, and gives the fish the appearance of having a head that looks far too big for its body, another trait that has some fish keepers calling 'Cichlasoma' grammodes "the mini dovii". It is a very handsome cichlid and the only other cichlid I can liken 'C' grammodes to is 'Cichlasoma' istlanum, which seems to be more uncommon in the hobby.