dezza
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I have been reading a few old books on angling recently, an one thing I have noticed is that the writers often use the Greco/Latin scientific name for a lot of our species of fish.
I rather like the scientific names, they seem to have romantic meanings somehow.
I like the idea of saying that "I annexed a fine specimen of Scardinius erythropthalmus", instead of "I hooked a rudd."
Or "there goes a Leuciscus cephalus in the stream", instead of "there's a chub."
Even lowly born JW Martin often refers to the scientic name for the species being discussed. So why do we not use the scientific names more often
Here is a list of them for future reference.
Barbel... Barbus barbus
Carp... Cyprinus carpio
Tench... Tinca tinca
Roach... Rutilus rutilus
Bream... Abramis brama
Dace... Leuciscus leuciscus
Chub... Leuciscus cephalus
Perch... Perca fluviatilis
Rudd... Scardinius erythropthalmus
Brown Trout... Salmo trutta
Pike... Esox lucius
The names roll off the tongue, don't they?
I rather like the scientific names, they seem to have romantic meanings somehow.
I like the idea of saying that "I annexed a fine specimen of Scardinius erythropthalmus", instead of "I hooked a rudd."
Or "there goes a Leuciscus cephalus in the stream", instead of "there's a chub."
Even lowly born JW Martin often refers to the scientic name for the species being discussed. So why do we not use the scientific names more often
Here is a list of them for future reference.
Barbel... Barbus barbus
Carp... Cyprinus carpio
Tench... Tinca tinca
Roach... Rutilus rutilus
Bream... Abramis brama
Dace... Leuciscus leuciscus
Chub... Leuciscus cephalus
Perch... Perca fluviatilis
Rudd... Scardinius erythropthalmus
Brown Trout... Salmo trutta
Pike... Esox lucius
The names roll off the tongue, don't they?
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