All family common names are "catfish"

[fat meloe!]

I have a feeling this issue has been discovered already, but why is the "family common name" always the one word "Catfishes" and the "common names" the more sensible "Armored suckermouth catfish" or "Banjo catfish" or "Whale catfish", to give examples?

Is it some long-lived glitch that the admins have trouble resolving?

[bekateen]

Hi fat meloe!,

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking.

Are you asking why do we sometimes write "catfishes" and other times we write "catfish?" If that's your question, the answer is simple. In the English language, the word "catfish" is used as the plural form when you are talking about a group of similar fish, and the word "catfishes" is used as the plural form when you are talking about multiple types of different species.

But I have a sense that this isn't what you're asking. If this isn't your question, then could you please rephrase it?

Thanks, Eric

[fat meloe!]

Here's pics


The section called "family common name" for every single catfish family only has the word "catfish". In the case of Loricariidae, the "family common name" ought to be Armored Suckermouth Catfishes, which I believe is the accepted standard name for the group as a whole.

[bekateen]

Ah, okay. Now I see what you mean. Hmmm. Never noticed that before.

Cheers, Eric

[Jools]

Looks like a bug, will check it out.

Jools

[Jools]

It was displaying the order common name, not the family common name. It's fixed now - good spot!

Jools