What do you call female fish?

[gruntahunta]

Ok I am not being silly but have asked this question many times (I think I even asked it in LP's MSN chat room trivea days) and never get an educated answer.

Now most species are male and female and have names to define them..eg:man/woman...bull/cow....cock/hen....stallion/mare.... etc etc.. we even have Buck/Jenny for crabs.

So what are Male/Female fish called????

PS...I can imagine we may get some intelligent reponses!

[netmaker]

male dolphin fish are called bulls, so presumably females are cows. (female fish i mean)

[gruntahunta]

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/sub...albabies.shtml

This is an interesting site.... I can't believe Llamas dont have male and female names like the fish species.

[Todddo]

The cook and cleaner.

[Steeler]

I am thinking Wanda

[charleville]

I am thinking Wanda

How about;-

Angel?

Damsel?

Cat?

Grunter?

Hag?

Molly?

Nurse?

Oldwife?

Pearl?

Queen?

Roughy?

Squaw?

Velvet?

[Axl]

Tasty!!!!!!!!!!

[softplasticsdude79]

wench fish

[MudRiverDan]

I know a female Salmon is called a "Hen".

Yes I did Google it but I already knew that was the case, not being a huge salmon fisherman or an expert on their ecology, though all those old North American National Geographic shows, something must have clicked.

Dan

[Bruce Micheal]

How do you tell the difference ....from the outside??????

[Muddy Toes]

While I don't actually know the answer, one can only assume that there would be a direct correlation between fish and other species of animals......take humans for example.

In the piscatorial world, when we identify fish we very rarely use the correct method of biological classification but rather call them by their more common names that are derived from a whole host of characteristics, physical appearance being the most common.

Rosy Job fish as an example.A name given to a particular fish given it's rosy appearance.

Other examples of the above mentioned theory can be found with the following...

Happy moment
Pig fish
Flathead
Angel fish
Toad fish
Cow mahi mahi
Snubnose rockcod
Longnose emperor
Bigmouth nannygai
Hog fish

As you can see by the highlighted common names used to describe certain fish by their physical appearance, it should be noted that these very terms are what we as human beings sometimes use to describe the females of our species.

While I realise this may have no bearing on the answer to the original question I just find it absolutely fascinating how closely the females of these two species are connected.

Muddy Ph.D Bsc

[Gon Fishun]

Ask Sir David Attenborough.

[rosco1974]

trouble,bitch..lol

[sambos]

The word I use when busted off by a good fish would probably describe them as a female.

[tunaticer]

The word I use when busted off by a good fish would probably describe them as a female.

How would could we determine a species when everything that busts you up is a f%$&*ng wh*re!!???