Taxonomy humor [warning: no catfish, contains mild humor]

[Jools]

Apologies for an not catfish post, but I guess that the audience most likely to find this article funny would be this forum's audience.

17 Awesome, Nerdy Examples Of Taxonomy Humor

Han Solo (a fossil named to mirror a "fossilied" Star Wars character) is an instant classic.

Jools

[Birger]

Those are great fun

[kruseman, posts: 275]

Hmmm, this reminds me of those Turkish "jokers" who named a killifish after their soccerclub Fehnerbace. Pretty irresponsible scientists, they are in
my view.

[Jools]

Pretty irresponsible scientists, they are in my view.

Do you think Otocinclus batmani is equally irresponsible or do you think it is clever or funny?

Jools

[kruseman, posts: 275]

That's spot on!

[Shovelnose, posts: 841]

You get a lot of that stuff here : http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/

[Firestorming, posts: 238]

Nice, the way I look at it if you put in the effort to either classify something or better still get out in the field and find something new you can call it whatever the hell you want.