Weird sales names for snakeheads

[viking252200]

What kind of names are snakeheads sold under in your part of the world?

Here in Japan we have some funny ones....listen to this..

C.lucius= Almond snakehead
C.auranti= Violet snakehead
C.Plero= Flower toman
C.ornatipinnis= Blue moon snakehead

I a not too sure where those names come from, but they always make me smile a bit.....

 

[south coast nelly]

have not really seen channa in my lfs....but the one's i have were red snakehead, green snakehead,blue snakehead, then all the other place's i see on internet are marked with there latin name.......bet there is alot of funny names however

 

[gigas12]

Hi,its too bad that some people invent their own names for snakeheads,why not use their scientific names,things would be easier and simple.

 

[tropheus]

yes they are a real pain in the ass , there is really no excuse for not useing the scientific names for the discrided species.

the worst offender - red snakeheads cobra snakeheads ,golden cobra snakeheads, green snakeheads , 3 spot snakeheads , burma pretty snakehead, blue rainbows snakehead , rainbow snakehead.

the big problems come when the fish is not yet discribed , then they have no real name so the exporter make there own up , and since a new species of snakeheads is big money they offen lie about the location in the name

sp assam , sp kerela five stripe are just two obvious ones ,neither come from the place stated in the name .
the other motive is to make them sound more exciting and worth more money at the same time .

latest ones are sp. fire and ice , sp fantasy , sp. super nova , sp galaxy blue , it is also a ongoing joke throughout the channa world that the word blue in the title means it must be worth more money , often there may be only the vvery slightest hint of blue in the fish , but who is going to pay big bucks for a fish named sp dull blue , or sp mostly grey .

like every thing else it all comes down to the money side of things


cheers col