Some kind of pompano, another fine and evocative name.
Fish, and sealife in general, tend to get names that relate to their appearance — such as the seahorse — or behavior, like the fancifully named by-the-wind sailor jellyfish. Sprinkled in are names from foreign sources, like humuhumunukunukuapua’a.
Looking for a name for a fish that never was and never will be? Here’s a list.
Fish that never were
| Jennygrunt
Shortbrow Lobster Pigeonlip Halibut Rough-Ribboned Barracuda Canary Angler Arctic Carp Whiphead Mackeral Envoy Marlin Deep Sea Spitsally Vestip Paradise Bass Fairytail Narrowtooth Marlin Crabhead Eel Bridlebeard Silverlipped Darter Gemtipper Cigar Smelt Five-Spotted Northern Perch Skate-Eating Ray Mason Hake Seacalf |
Princess Bonnet Bonito
Sausage Angler Death Bass Copper Sturgeon Puddingmouth Daggerbelly Flat Sided Darter Eel-Eating Barracuda Jackagong Goosesface Cod Spiny-sashed Crawfish Great Killikeg Ambertail Codfish Beggarfish Glass Marlin Bluechinned Cichlid Broadbelly Dorado Wolfbow Fringe-eyed Sculpin Humpcheek Halibut Sea Patron Specklefin Sturgeon |
