# Do fish need names?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fish-need-names/229638>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 17, 2004, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fish-need-names/229638 "2004-02-17T08:51:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fish-need-names/229638/21 "2004-02-19T00:53:18Z")

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A friend of mine has a pirhana (sp?) named Tasty Fish from the Simpsons episode where Homer eats fugu. When Akira is cutting up the fish he points “poison, poison, tasty fish!”.

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**Author:** ![BellaDellaItalia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BellaDellaItalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellaDellaItalia)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fish-need-names/229638/22 "2004-02-19T01:56:39Z")

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I only got to name one of my goldfish. His name is Creamsicle. The rest my 10-year-old brother named, Spongebob, Patrick, and Squidward.

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