Why are there so many funny fish names?
Many of them are face-related...
Eelpout
Sweetlips
Lesson's thicklip
Biglip grunt
Harry hotlips
Rubberlip grunt
Rubberlip pleco
Gurnard
Horse-faced loach
Sucking loach
Thick-lipped Gourami
Kissing Gourami
Bristlenose
Hog-nosed Brochis
Dog-faced Puffer
Elephant-nose
Magnificent Foxface
Thick-lipped Grey Mullet
Thin-lipped Grey Mullet
And some just sound funny...
Carp
Haddock
Tench
Tompot blenny
Burbot
Dab
Tub gurnard
Lumpsucker
Chub
Guppy
I'll post any more that I find.
Lucia
Many of them are face-related...
Eelpout
Sweetlips
Lesson's thicklip
Biglip grunt
Harry hotlips
Rubberlip grunt
Rubberlip pleco
Gurnard
Horse-faced loach
Sucking loach
Thick-lipped Gourami
Kissing Gourami
Bristlenose
Hog-nosed Brochis
Dog-faced Puffer
Elephant-nose
Magnificent Foxface
Thick-lipped Grey Mullet
Thin-lipped Grey Mullet
And some just sound funny...
Carp
Haddock
Tench
Tompot blenny
Burbot
Dab
Tub gurnard
Lumpsucker
Chub
Guppy
I'll post any more that I find.
Lucia
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