Yeah, I understand the devs couldn't go out of their way to make this game educational nor was it meant to be an educational game, but still. Why not do it the right way in the first place, rather than screw it up so that you'll have problems down the road? With the fish that were designed on the spot rather than illustrated to look like a real life fish, sure it makes sense to create a fictitious name. But if you're basing a fish on a real fish, than give it it's proper name. I'm glad they didn't name the Clown fish "Nemo" though... Haha. They probably have tried to name most of the fish close to what they represent; I'm just being picky. What would be the cutest and coolest next fish for them to add to the game is Cory Catfish. They are the best catfish and they're so cute and tiny. They're really common among fishkeepers, so I hope they'll consider designing them next!
Since I've been wondering, and may be you have been too, I just thought of a couple fish I was questioning. Some I knew from past knowledge, some I looked up:
Should be changed:
-Black ghost fish should be Black ghost knife
-Leopard frog could be renamed African Dwarf frog, but should be tan not green. Leopard frogs are grass frogs and don't live fully submerged under water. Though some of the other "fish" in the game don't either.. Haha.
-Venustus pygmy: there are freshwater tank pygmy fish known for their bright colors, but no "venustus" so why not use another common name?
-The regular algae eaters could be either a Chinese algae eater or an Oto
-The Chinese algae eater is actually a Chinese Butterfly Loach, what before was a Pleco. Chinese Sucker is another name (but rarely called) for the loaches. The devs probably didn't want to confuse people by calling them Loaches instead of Suckers, which in my opinion is stupid and gives the public less credit for what they can actually handle when given "confusing" information.
-Yellowbelly damsel should be Cocoa damsel
-Blue Devil fish looks like a Tanzanian cichlid that live in the Lake Malawi, or maybe a Blue Peacock cichlid
-Bocaccio are rockfish that are gray and ugly.
-Cookie cutter fish is actually a shark. They could've added that to the shark category.
-Cardinal should be changed to Banggai cardinal, because just Cardinal is too general in fish terms.
Actually accurate:
-Convict surgeon fish
-Freckled hawkfish
-Whiptail catfish, except for the color and the real ones have spots/pattern to its body
-Clown fish
-Neon Tetra
-Gold fish
-Bubble eye Gold fish
-Pearlscale gold fish, although it also could be an Oranda.
-Frontosa
-Jellybean Parrot fish resembles a Parrot cichlid
-Lionfish
-Benizake, although it should be red not pink, are the native word for what we would call red or sockeye salmon
-Threadfin, except for the huge belly
-Longfin bannerfish are the most accurate, it's creepy. Not even joking; google it.
-Butterfly fish
-Siamese tiger fish
-suprisingly, the Boxfish
-Mandarin Goby fish
Now thinking about it, makes me wonder if creative licensing with the names has to do with copyright infringement... Any thoughts?
Edit: I'll keep editing and adding to the list to complete the all the fish; if anyone find this as interesting as I do!
