# Help Me Name My Fish **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608 "2009-01-16T15:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/1 "2009-01-16T15:54:06Z")
So I have taken up a new hobby and am creating large paper-mache beasts. I just finished a new project, and am quite pleased with the final results. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you my [giant angler fish](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/3190803090_f43793f00d_b.jpg). It [lights up](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3332/3189956127_0a70db3457_b.jpg) and everything. While I was feeling quite creative when making the monster, I am having trouble coming up with a good name for the guy. I put it to you, dopers. What should I name my fish? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/2 "2009-01-16T15:55:09Z")
Snarglechops. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/3 "2009-01-16T15:59:39Z")
Wow. That is way too cool. Give me a minute to come up with something worthy of the beast. (Well, there’s always “Ghoti,” which is the joke spelling of “fish.”) ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/4 "2009-01-16T16:15:21Z")
Sparky Spot Aquaman or Joe ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/5 "2009-01-16T16:16:46Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > Snarglechops. Winner. ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/6 "2009-01-16T16:27:18Z")
That fish is awesome. It should be named Fluffy. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/7 "2009-01-16T17:03:23Z")
Eric ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/8 "2009-01-16T17:05:41Z")
Phil? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/9 "2009-01-16T17:05:55Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Eric We already named a fish Eric! He was a catfish (I mean cat sea kitten) and not an angler, but still. Then again, it was years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/10 "2009-01-16T17:11:42Z")
Abraham ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/11 "2009-01-16T17:19:13Z")
Coulter ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/12 "2009-01-16T17:20:09Z")
Bubbles. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/13 "2009-01-16T17:31:51Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > We already named a fish Eric! He was a catfish (I mean cat sea kitten) and not an angler, but still. Then again, it was years ago. Well, then you’ll have Eric the Catfish and Eric the Anglerfish. I see no problem there. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/14 "2009-01-16T17:32:50Z")
Diogenes On edit: BTW, you managed an awesomely expressive gnarliness with the pec fins… great job! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/15 "2009-01-16T17:34:04Z")
> [@The\_Scrivener](#): > > Diogenes That’s for a dog. I submit “Bob”. 10 points to whoever gets the reference. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/16 "2009-01-16T17:35:01Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Well, then you’ll have Eric the Catfish and Eric the Anglerfish. I see no problem there. Eric the CatSeaKitten and Eric the AnglerSeaKitten. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/17 "2009-01-16T17:35:25Z")
Another vote for Snarglechops. Then again, how about Dick Cheney? Edited to add: Did you know that Cheney’s Secret Service codename was Angler? ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/18 "2009-01-16T17:45:17Z")
[Izaak Walton.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Walton) ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/19 "2009-01-16T18:07:15Z")
Oh my, this is going to be hard, first I had no ideas, and now I have great ones to choose from! Snarglechops is definitely in the running, as is Ghoti. Spot and Sparky are good too… One thing I didn’t realize until I read the ideas here, I should specify that I need to avoid actual names like Eric and Joe and Izaak. I’m a teacher (K-5 computers) and this fellow will hang in my classroom for part of the year. I want to avoid names of students I currently teach, or may in the future. And Bob is my dad’s name! I had a car named Dick once, otherwise that would be an excellent choice (not many kids come through the system with that name anymore!) Snarglechops the Deep Sea Angler SeaKitten. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608/20 "2009-01-16T18:16:03Z")
Name it after the original lead singer of Marillion. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-fish/481608.md?page=2)