Is anyone else capable of recognizing a fish by its scientific name but is completely clueless when it comes to pronunciation?
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Absolutely, they aren't named to be easy to pronounce!
I'm not a fan of common names at all, and would much rather have a crack at scientific names, or at least abbreviations of them ie. "leucosticta" = "leuco", than use a common name like "Green Horseface", which causes more confusion than it solves in many cases, and leaves the true identity with the possibility of being open ended.
I'm not a fan of common names at all, and would much rather have a crack at scientific names, or at least abbreviations of them ie. "leucosticta" = "leuco", than use a common name like "Green Horseface", which causes more confusion than it solves in many cases, and leaves the true identity with the possibility of being open ended.
I usually looks up the pronunciation when I'm unsure. I quite dislike common names, i refer to most fish by species name...
i cant pronounce some scientific names (though i try) but i can recognize a fish by its scientific name without much difficulty
well i can recognize alot of fish by its scientific name and if not that atleast what group the name belongs to. but i think we still need common names to understand each other completey. just agree upon one common name instead of 5
I definitely have a hard time pronouncing the scientific names. Spelling them is much easier for me than saying them. Sometimes it's embarassing when I go to my LFS and I don't know how to correctly pronounce the name I am trying to say. Oh well, it makes me feel better to know that others have the same trouble 