Anyone Call Fish By Their Scientific Names Or Latin Meaning? 2024
needler420 reply :
I do. I enjoy multi species fishing. Its like playing pokemon IRl.
Darren. reply :
Not me. Bass, sunnies, bluegills, crappie, pickerel...
To each his or her own, eh? 
Oh, and welcome to the forums!
A-Jay reply :
Sort of ~
If Swamp Donkey, Tank, Slaunch, Pig Money, Mogan & Grande are on that list, then my answer is Yes.
A-Jay
iabass8 reply :
On 12/12/2015 at 11:40 AM, needler420 said:. Its like playing pokemon IRl.
soflabasser reply :
I enjoy reading about the biology of the fish I target,so I learned a couple scientific names of fish.One of my favorite names is Megalops atlanticus.
Fishing Rhino reply :
I don't think I could give you the Latin/scientific name for any finfish off the top of my head.
The only name that comes to mind is Homarus Americanus, a species which I pursued to make a living for nearly thirty years.
Sam reply :
Nope.
ww2farmer reply :
No, I can barely speak English as it is. Adding words with lots of letters arranged in funny ways into my everyday vocabulary would only further prove how big of an idiot I am.
Mike L reply :
Never gave it any thought... I just did...No
Mike
Raul reply :
No most of the times, when it comes to aquarium fish ( both salt and freshwater ) it´s more common to use scientific names with a lot of species.
WRB reply :
Like bucket mouth, sow belly, lunker, pig, cow, toad, big'm, dink, keeper, smallie, is the language of bass angler.
We can't agree there is difference between micropterus species!
Tom
BassinLou reply :
Nope... I just love fishing for them.
OkobojiEagle reply :
Not since my college zoology class 40 years ago...
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Jaderose reply :
Nope.....I'm too ignernt
Big C reply :
No, and I don't ponder the physics of fishing either.
MIbassyaker reply :
Anglers are hilarious -- always going out of their way to avoid sounding too literate...
Wayne P. reply :
If you use the scientific names for fish, you will be known as an angler and one to be avoided.
Use the common name you will be known as a fisherman and will have friends that are fishermen too.
MIbassyaker reply :
On 12/13/2015 at 4:49 AM, Wayne P. said:If you use the scientific names for fish, you will be known as an angler and one to be avoided.
Use the common name you will be known as a fisherman and will have friends that are fishermen too.
Fair enough.
Still hilarious.
Bankbeater reply :
No and I hope I never want to either.
slonezp reply :
On 12/12/2015 at 6:16 PM, Fishing Rhino said:I don't think I could give you the Latin/scientific name for any finfish off the top of my head.
The only name that comes to mind is Homarus Americanus, a species which I pursued to make a living for nearly thirty years.
Speaking of the top of your head....
Felix77 reply :
It might sound scientific if they were big and slipped off my hook at the boat. 
MIbassin reply :
Nope
"Bass" is a lot easier to say than "Micropterus salmodies"
Bassguytom reply :
I always thought that every time I catch a fish it was wizardry and hocas pocas so i am always to busy looking in my book of spells to catch another so it's a no for me.
boostr reply :
Piggamus Hawgamus Fattylum Girlis....
soflabasser reply :
I see alot of "dinkis minimus" being caught but not enough "hawgus maximus"
desmobob reply :
I don't know too many latin names, but I sometimes use some of Yosemite Sam's names...
"You shovel-nosed mackerel!"
"You hammerhead halibut!"
"You buck-toothed barnacle!"
"You fin-flappin' flounder!"
"You bushwhackin' barracuda!"
"You shark-toothed salmon!"
etc., etc. 
And sometimes I call fish names I learned in the Navy...
Tight lines,
Bob
Fishing Rhino reply :
On 12/13/2015 at 5:51 AM, slonezp said:Speaking of the top of your head....
I cannot tell you the species of bird perched (pun intended) on my head, let alone its scientific name.
Josh Smith reply :
I will sometimes say, "Hmmm. A perciform," in the same tone in which I would say, "Hmmm. A wise guy, aye?"
That's about it, though.
Josh
FrogFreak reply :
On 12/13/2015 at 12:08 AM, ww2farmer said:No, I can barely speak English as it is. Adding words with lots of letters arranged in funny ways into my everyday vocabulary would only further prove how big of an idiot I am.
I try to keep it simple as well. I can either keep it simple or make it complicated and prove my ignorance to all within earshot.
Paul Roberts reply :
Scientific names serve a different audience with a different purpose, mostly. But I may use them in a fishing context when I'm talking about an entire taxonomic group -in part because I'm used to them, and partly because they are more precise and save typing. So I may use the terms Salmonids (trout and salmon) or Centrarchids (sunfish, crappies, and "bass" -but not striped, white, or yellow bass -they are Moronids). Recently I used the word Ostariophysi because it sweeps in an entire group of related critters that share a charateristic -the one that was asked about. I could have listed them all or used "other fish" but that could mean .... perch or smelt or ... and it didn't. I'm not averse to using appropriate nomenclature and am not too concerned that someone may need to look a word up, or not.
I'm also a fly-fisher and many of the insects that trout and other insectivorous fish eat don't have common names, especially at the level that experienced trout FFers take it. Being able to separate Baetis tricaudatus from Drunella lata allows you to literally go to the stream at the appropriate prescribed time with just the right set of flies and cash in. It's powerful information, and adds a lot of fun in my book. One doesn't need to know the insects to have some fun and catch trout of course: Here's a good story told by FFer Joe Humphreys:
A bunch of anglers are sitting around the wood stove at the fisherman's bar on a cold inclement day, grousing about the tough fishing, and "Latinizing" about the insect hatches of the season. An old codger walks in with a full creel and everyone blurts out, "What fly were they on??" The old guy plucks a wet ragged fly off his vest and says, "Why, this 'ol gray bastid here."
I've been fishing long enough now, in such a variety of ways, I am both nerd and codger. I don't discriminate against tackle, methods, or language, be it colloquial, literary, scientific, mathematic, or otherwise.
Ratherbfishing reply :
You mean like "micropterus horribilus" (more commonly known as the grizzly bass)?
.ghoti. reply :
I can't say, on a public forum, what I occasionally call them. It ain't Latin.
Choporoz reply :
On 12/12/2015 at 11:40 AM, needler420 said:Anyone Call Fish By Their Scientific Names Or Latin Meaning? I do....
No.
I mean "What?"
What/why huh? You call fish by Latin Meaning? Please explain.
Fishing Rhino reply :
Moronids? Sounds more like a name better suited to those obsessed with catching fish.
I've been called worse.
Paul Roberts reply :
On 12/15/2015 at 5:24 AM, Fishing Rhino said:Moronids? Sounds more like a name better suited to those obsessed with catching fish.
I've been called worse.
Wondered who might notice that.
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