henward Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 certain websites people highly mislbel sturff it annoys me alot!! grrr rope fish is not apparently ornate bichir just frustrating lol its like saying an oscar is a gourami or a jag is a jewel cichlid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 What about people that don't use punctuation?!?! :lol: (and structure their sentences properly) Some people are stupid, its a fact of life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 henward you just said ..rope fish is not apparently ornate bichir lol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 yeah i was in a rush and had too much anger inside me. So i just typed things really fast:D But yes, what i meant was rope fish is not ornate bichir but some would say its the same thing, which clearly is wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 it is the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 no its not prophecy rope fish is distinctly snake like, in fact it looks like a snake. completely different species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 haha im just joking with you bro :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogod Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 , sh**stirrer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 lol ok fair enough i was surprised when you said that i actually was shocked knowing you from here, you shouldnt have said that i thought perhaps this whole confusion is a bigger phenomenon after all :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 :lol: :lol: Classic AP... Yeah it can be frustrating henward when things are mislabelled wrong.. however the best thing to do would be to email them or leave a message if you can in a comments box or something and inform them.... that's if there are those options available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 henward is right ropefish is different ornate polypterus ornatipinnis rope fish or snake fish - Erpetoichthys calabaricus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 i dont think anyone here disagrees i guessi got annoyed that the person selling was asked and said definately its the same. google will reveal that so quickly. anyways, lol i was annoying thats all. mmmm rope fish, i wish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JK Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 What about people that don't use punctuation?!?! :lol: (and structure their sentences properly) Some people are stupid, its a fact of life haha i thought it was a haiku! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Moved by me, I can see why you put it in P&E but thats really for wanted/selling. Wasn't too sure where to put it myself since it's general but not freshwater specific, so technical it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Livingart is onto it. I've said it before and I'll say it again, learn your Latin!!! :lol: Common names are a joke really, it frustrates the hell out of me that the fish hobby is so insistent on using them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 it is because the latin does not sound as marketable as the lovely fuzzy names they come up with in fact it would be all right if it was consistant in the common names but being humans............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 i dont think anyone here disagrees i guessi got annoyed that the person selling was asked and said definately its the same. google will reveal that so quickly. anyways, lol i was annoying thats all. mmmm rope fish, i wish! That was me that asked. I was just stirring and wanted to know what he'd say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 in fact it would be all right if it was consistant in the common names but being humans............. The problem is that there is no logic or order to to common names, and they're usually meaningless. And you're right, they will never be consistent and you get several names for one species. Just look at the confusion in the posts about severums...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 thats the problem with common names, they are up to interpretation of what people think they are. its endless with africans, electric blue could be a few different fish to inexperienced people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Mind you latin names aren't always simple, genera are always being reviewed and changed, different taxon being lumped in together or separated.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Mind you latin names aren't always simple, genera are always being reviewed and changed, different taxon being lumped in together or separated.... & most are damn hard to remember :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Its just a case of getting used to it. In the 2.5 years I've been working in the horticulture industry my pronunciation has gone from rubbish to pretty good (I think!). Some people learn differently, I prefer to be told how to pronounce a word, where as my boss needs to see it written down so he can sound it out. A lot of it isn't as hard as it looks, take Uaru fernandezyepezi for instance. Named after Fernandez Yepez, any latin name that is a latin-ised name is simply pronounced as-usual for the name but with the "i" on the end. So its simply pronounced fer-nan-dez-ye-pez-eye. Anne/beblondie did a good bit on Latin pronounciation here, post #3, although she didn't mention that the 'ii' is often pronounced as a single "eye" instead of "ee-eye" in cases where the later makes the name akward to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 & most are damn hard to remember I AGREE! I hated Latin in high school and sorry but I'd rather not even go there again. Hats off to all who can spell, pronounce, EVEN remember them But for me, I think I'd be better off looking for that needle in the haystack 8) Plus trying to learn a word that, well at least for me, can't even pronounce and then throw in that it is in Latin...forget it, I'm lost Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 They're only hard to remember because people don't use them often enough!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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