The Beacon
What's in a Name? (Part III of IV)
All right kids, it's that time again -- time for the next installment of my top list of fish who desperately need new names.
Without further adieu:
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11. Yellow Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus jordani) - Is this a fish or Michael Flatley, Lord of the Dance?
12. Brown Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus spinosus) - No, not William Butler Yeats.
13. Porbeagle (Lamna nasus) - Doesn't this majestic creature deserve a better name than one that evokes an image of a dejected Snoopy from Charlie Brown?
14. Cookiecutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis) - The Martha Stewart of elasmobranches.
15. Fluke (Paralichthys dentatus) - Come on. How would you like to be called `mistake'?
Stay tuned for the grand finale coming Friday. ...
