Re: NANFA-- FW: Aquaticinfo: Pirate Perch?

Robert Carillio (darterman_at_hotmail.com)
Thu, 21 Feb 2002 20:41:56 -0500

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Speaking of names associated with anus... isn't there a spice with that
name???.. I like the taste of that spice too, and it doesn't sound nice to
go around saying "I like the taste of anus".. or is it ANISE??? HA!

>From: Christopher Scharpf <ichthos_at_charm.net>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- FW: Aquaticinfo: Pirate Perch?
>Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:47:45 -0400
>
> > Does anyone know the origin of the common name for Aphredoderus sayanus,
> > the pirate perch? I presume that it has something to do with the fish
> > perhaps feeding on the eggs of other species, but that is just a guess.
>
>Ichthyologist Charles C. Abbott reportedly coined the name because a
>specimen he had in an aquarium ate only other fish.
>
>To me, the fish's specific name is one of the funniest. It's named after
>naturalist Thomas Say and the fish's distinctive migratory anus. How would
>you like YOUR name forever associated with anus? Stallsmithanus. Ellisanus.
>Denkhausanus. I could go on and on... :-)
>
> > Also, has anyone heard of this species being propagated in captivity?
>(Aside
> > from the two cases where Ray Katula bred them).
>
>See Fontenot, Q. C. and D. A. Rutherford. 1999. Observations on the
>reproductive ecology of pirate perch Aphredoderus sayanus. Journal of
>Freshwater Ecology 14 (4): 545-549. [Summarized in Spring 2000 AC.]
>
>See also John Brill's article in the Oct-Dec 1977 AC.
>
>Chris Scharpfanus
>Baltimore
>
>
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