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We Americans are not very original, our forefathers from England weren't much better. In the vicinity of the landing of the "Mayflower" with the first settlements, several kinds of fish were caught and eaten. These fish, who all had Indian names, had their names changed to English names that allowed the catcher of them to easily recognize what fish he'd caught. Some of these "not very original names" are still in use today.
Here are 6 of the first ones named that still have the same names today, except one, which has been slightly altered. 1. Redfish, 2. Bluefish, 3. Whitefish, 4. Silverfish, 5. Sailfish and 6. Flatfish (later re-named "Flounder" because it floundered around on the bottom while laying flat on one side)...I hope it's no problem for anyone to figure out why these fish were given these names.
Can anyone think of any I've missed??
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Since1982 wrote: 6. Flatfish (later re-named "Flounder" because it floundered around on the bottom while laying flat on one side)...I hope it's no problem for anyone to figure out why these fish were given these names.
Is that the same "Flounder" species as is found around British shores and estuaries, which is the only flatfish here to be found in both salt and freshwater environments?
merlin wrote:Is that the same "Flounder" species as is found around British shores and estuaries, which is the only flatfish here to be found in both salt and freshwater environments?
Actually, the term "flounder" applies to any flatfish that has no teeth and feeds by filtering the sand or mud it forages in. The commonly "misnamed" Summer Flounder is actually a "fluke" as it has big pointy teeth. Real flounders are mostly very small, toothless, less than 6 inches in length and difficult to clean or eat. True flounders are most often caught in Big time SHRIMP fishing boats, mixed in with the shrimp in the shrimp net. Other members of the FLUKE family are Halibut, Oscellated Fluke, Black Sole etc.. All of which have very prominent teeth.
Check the mouth of your English "Flounder" and see if it has teeth, if so, it's a fluke. It's a fluke of the Language to call a fluke a flounder.
(in other circles, a fluke is a mistake or accident)
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