Just for fun - what would popular fish be named if done in the style of coral vendors?

[hebdizzle]

We all know that some coral varieties and color morphs have some crazy names. What would vendors name reef fish to drive up prices if there weren’t already common names for most fish in the aquarium trade?

 

[Billldg]

Blonde Naso tang: The David Bowie tang

 

[Hepatitis]

Orange death clownfish

 

[Sharkbait19]

Thanos basslet


Royal gramma

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Aunt Flow

Flame Hawk Fish

 

[Isopod80]

Deflated Ziggyfish.

 

[SaltyT]

Holy Grail Epic Purple Nurple wrasse

 

[youcallmenny1]

I thought the people naming coral were just stealing cannabis strain names verbatim... ???

 

[BackToTheReef]

Aunt Flow

Flame Hawk Fish

Or as my daughter now says "The Devil's Waterfall" because everyone knows what Aunt Flow means!

 

[Malcontent]

atomic bass
apocalypse loach
...

 

[N.Sreefer]

Yellow tang: Ultra golden sunshine Armageddon fish

 

[Auquanut]

Aunt Flow

Flame Hawk Fish

If it were up to me, they would be called Snidely Whiplash or Boris Badernoff Hawks. They just look like they're up to no good. I'm sure no-one remembers the classic cartoons.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Copperband Butterfly: Bob Hope.

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Deflated Ziggyfish.

Hey...why and how do you have pictures of my WIFE?!?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Moorish idol (or copperband):
Totallynotgoingtodieonyou Beauty

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Moorish idol (or copperband):
Totallynotgoingtodieonyou Beauty

Beats my Youwillspendafortuneonmeandiwilldieinaweek Beauty!!

 

[hebdizzle]

Purple tang

OG purple pootietang

 

[Sharkbait19]

Beats my Youwillspendafortuneonmeandiwilldieinaweek Beauty!!

Very true…but a vendor would never tell you that up front lol

 

[Uzidaisies]

Nuclear Fallout Tank Bomb:

Photo credited to Glenn Marsch

 

[Isopod80]

Hey...why and how do you have pictures of my WIFE?!?

Hey, that's between her and I, sport....lol