Why are they called bass????

[Nabbig2]

Why are peacock bass called bass, when they are not bass at all, but cichlid?

 

[Wolf3101]

because they LOOK bassy. at least thats what I've been told. after all...Red Devil is a silly name when you stop and think about it.

 

[Nabbig2]

Yes, peacock bass look very different than other cichlids. But who named it bass? How misleading.

 

[Tongue33]

Some Dumb american that keeps naming all the cichlids stuff like RT, Gt, Oscar, Keyhole,Giraffe cichlid, False Gt, False RT... Aisian Arowana, Silver Aro, Black or Blue aro.... Etc...

You know.. It's Not american to allow something in the country without naming for ourselves

 

[erikmasher]

Probably the same reason why someone named the largemouth bass(sunfish) a bass.

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

I think it's a great name.

 

[Tongue33]

Wow wiki taught me something !! LOL

All belong to the large order Perciformes, or perch-like fishes, and in fact the word bass comes from Middle English bars, meaning "perch."[/quote]

 

[Opiate]

peacock bass has a ring to it....but i prefer cichla

 

[Danh]

We probably often give it our own name because we speak english here... and the names of pbass are Spanish and Portugese.

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

peacock bass has a ring to it....but i prefer cichla

Cichla is a pretty awesome name.