Conan The Librarian wrote:

And of course I also remembered some mo rock bass, "pumpkinseed"
and warmouth.

Another I forgot: Squaw Fish, aka Pike Minnow for the politically
correct among us.

Speaking of politically correct, the "official" name of the jew fish is
now the goliath grouper. OK, fine. But David the Hebrew slew Goliath the
Philistine, so this is a slap in the faces of Jews.

The official namers argue that "goliath" doesn't refer to the Biblical
giant in person, but only to the common lower-case meaning of the word.
That makes no sense at all. The lower-case "goliath" derives from
Goliath the giant Philistine warrior, and no one would remember Goliath
the person if it hadn't been for David the Jew. David MADE Goliath's
reputation, by killing him and thereby getting him a mention in the Bible.

If they had to change the name they could have called it the great
grouper, or the gargantuan grouper, or the stupendous grouper, or the
humongous grouper, or the superduper grouper. But no, they had to insult
the Jews, as if they haven't been though enough already.

Willi and I saw a "goliath grouper" while snorkeling in Belize. It must
have been 300 lbs, easy. Maybe much bigger. It was resting on one side
of a rock, and a big nurse shark was on the other side. Very cool.

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