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Mimic Article

I always liked the story that Jack Rudloe told about the naming of the livebearing golden brotulid. They wanted to name it "Gunterichthys longipenis" after somebody they knew named Gunter, and then longipenis as a descriptor of the male fish's reproductive apparatus. Gunter objected to the association of his name to that one, and they told him it was going to be longipenis or brevipenis, take his pick!

Jay

p.s. - there is at least one typo in the article - "Mn" mimicry is supposed to read "Mullerian".
 
jhemdal;93357 said:
I always liked the story that Jack Rudloe told about the naming of the livebearing golden brotulid. They wanted to name it "Gunterichthys longipenis" after somebody they knew named Gunter, and then longipenis as a descriptor of the male fish's reproductive apparatus. Gunter objected to the association of his name to that one, and they told him it was going to be longipenis or brevipenis, take his pick!



Jay

p.s. - there is at least one typo in the article - "Mn" mimicry is supposed to read "Mullerian".

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
 

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