# Name my fish, win a (cash!) prize **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 28, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885 "2000-09-28T16:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/1 "2000-09-28T16:17:15Z")
I just got a Beta/Betta (pick correct spelling) fish. It’s blue and red. The fish needs a name. “Sushi” is out, 'cause that’s what the previous one was named. All other suggestions will be considered. The prize for the best name is 10 cents (US$0.10), via PayPal. Really. If I use your suggestion, you get a dime. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/2 "2000-09-28T16:21:11Z")
“Bait.” ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/3 "2000-09-28T16:21:49Z")
Country Joe. On another SDMB thread somewhere, there was a reference to a fish named “Bicycle”. I like that one, too. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/4 "2000-09-28T16:28:56Z")
“Purina” as in the cat food. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/5 "2000-09-28T16:40:23Z")
Eric. I once considered buying fish just so I could name one of them Eric. Python fans will understand. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/6 "2000-09-28T16:41:25Z")
“Call him Ishmael.” Okay, a beta is often called the “Siamese fighting fish”. Perhaps a good name for a piscean pugilist would be “Mohammed Ali”? ---
**Author:** ![Phobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/7 "2000-09-28T16:42:00Z")
Ick (one I’ve used in the past for a pet fish) Gill (from that movie with Bill Murray…I forget the name) Alpha Betta Nessie Darwin (like the Darwin Fish) Mr. Fins, the Cold Blooded Vertebrate von Fish das Fish ---
**Author:** ![Phobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/8 "2000-09-28T16:43:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\*Eric. > > I once considered buying fish just so I could name one of them Eric. Python fans will understand. \*\* would you need to buy a fish license for that? ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/9 "2000-09-28T16:48:59Z")
I once had an angel fish named George. I had four angel fish named George, come to think of it. I still think it’s a great name for an angel fish, or any other tropical fish. I feel very close to George for reasons that defy easy explanation. I also had an angel fish named Agnes. They’re both good names. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/10 "2000-09-28T18:03:17Z")
Chainsaw? ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/11 "2000-09-28T18:12:12Z")
Wanda. ---
**Author:** ![Spoonbender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spoonbender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoonbender)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/12 "2000-09-28T20:09:16Z")
Fluffy. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/13 "2000-09-28T20:43:48Z")
What you need to do is buy another fish (since they’re betas, get another one of those little bowls). If your current fish is mostly blue, get a mostly red one, and viceversa. Name them: One Fish Two Fish ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/14 "2000-09-28T21:14:19Z")
Professor Fuzznuts? ---
**Author:** ![BrothaTJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@BrothaTJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrothaTJ)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/15 "2000-09-28T22:29:01Z")
Hans. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/16 "2000-09-28T22:38:04Z")
Gunslinger– It’s _Betta_, capitalized, definitely not beta, and is pronounced like “Mo’ Betta Blues.” Does not rhyme with “See ya lata.” And you should name him \*_Stick_, as in “This is my fish, Stick.” ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/17 "2000-09-28T22:50:38Z")
Rover. whhhhooofff! Red Rover. send gunslinger right over. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/18 "2000-09-28T23:34:22Z")
Name him after my old newt, Leviathan. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/19 "2000-09-28T23:50:16Z")
Sue Sheemy ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885/20 "2000-09-29T00:25:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phobos \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > > \*\*Eric. > > > > I once considered buying fish just so I could name one of them Eric. Python fans will understand. \*\* > > would you need to buy a fish license for that? \*\* And, of course, one for the fruit bat. I vote for **Judge**. Great name for a dog. Why not for a fish, too? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-fish-win-a-cash-prize/34885.md?page=2)