why are they oscars?

[big train]

i have been told this [lfs folklore] that the oscer is named after a fighter also jack dempsy a famous boxer for the cichlid jd but i do not know of a famous fighter named oscer do any of u?

 

[cockroach]

oscar delahoya???? but too recent

 

[bmxer4ever]

Roger Sleet submitted this story on 12-11-97 describing the origin of the name "Oscar":

"As you correctly say the specific name for the Oscar is ocellatus normally
pronounced os'-sel-lay'-tus. In the UK it is also pronounced os'-kel-lay-tus. Now
say that with a London accent
and it becomes Oscar-layd-us. The rest is obvious."

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Question answered.....

 

[JCA]

oscar delahoya???? but too recent

yes waaay to recent! lol

 

[oscardelahoya93]

Its because the guy that discovered them his name was oscar so ya hes pretty bad ass.

 

[nomadofthehills]

ok. Die Fledermaus solved that one. Now what about goldfish? I mean you can't even make that out of their name, carassius auratus auratus

Not sure of the origin of the genus, but auratus means gold.

 

[Lizardking]

Its because the guy that discovered them his name was oscar so ya hes pretty bad ass.

I too scared to care about the truth! you must be a voodoopriest or something!! Bringing dead threads back to life

 

[KenyanSandBoa]

Its because the guy that discovered them his name was oscar so ya hes pretty bad ass.

That's not true...when Oscars were originally described, they were described as Lobotes ocellatus in the 1830's by Baron de Cuvier.

The scientific description changed a few times until it finally ended at Astronotus ocellatus.