Going with the previous theme (fish), how does this short-list look? If it looks complete, we could call for a vote on it. :)
Haddock Mackeral Scrod Yellowfin Albacore Blackfin Bigeye Calamari Reads like a sushi menu, doesn't it? On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Christophe Dupriez <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep, I like the idea of fishes, the main food of Wikings !!! > > Christophe > > Murray Altheim a écrit : >> >> Andrew Jaquith wrote: >>> >>> Ok, I'll bite on the fish idea. Haddock is good. Also: mackerel and >>> scrod; how about calamari? :) >> >> How about species of tuna? From Wikipedia: >> >> There are eight tuna species in the Thunnus genus: >> >> * Albacore, Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788). >> * Yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788). >> * Blackfin tuna, Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831). >> * Southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872). >> * Bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839). >> * Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844). >> * Northern bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758). >> * Longtail tuna, Thunnus tonggol (Bleeker, 1851). >> >> Species of several other genera (all in the family Scombridae) have common >> names containing "tuna": >> >> * Skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) >> * Slender tuna Allothunnus fallai (Serventy, 1948) >> * Bullet tuna Auxis rochei (Risso, 1810) >> * Frigate tuna Auxis thazard (Lacepede, 1800) >> * Kawakawa (little tuna or mackerel tuna) Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, >> 1849) >> * Little tunny (little tuna) Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810) >> * Dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor (Rüppell, 1836) >> * Black skipjack tuna Euthynnus lineatus (Kishinouye, 1920) >> * Derek Donegan tuna Euthynnus lineatus (Atrane, 1988) >> >> The current version of Ceryle is "skipjack" and I'm planning to >> change it to dogtooth, yellowfin, bluefin, or something... >> >> Obviously needs to be short and one word... >> >> Murray >> >> >> ........................................................................... >> Murray Altheim <murray09 at altheim dot com> === = >> = >> http://www.altheim.com/murray/ = = >> === >> SGML Grease Monkey, Banjo Player, Wantanabe Zen Monk = = = >> = >> >> Boundless wind and moon - the eye within eyes, >> Inexhaustible heaven and earth - the light beyond light, >> The willow dark, the flower bright - ten thousand houses, >> Knock at any door - there's one who will respond. >> -- The Blue Cliff Record >> >> > >
