Talk:Dory (fish)
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Dory
[edit]What about the Walleye?: 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for walleye (the fish) from French dorée gilded, from dorer to gild, from Late Latin deaurāre, ultimately from Latin aurum gold. Dory 84.23.155.84 (talk) 15:07, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
- Added. The Free Dictionary seems to cite Collins as its source, so I cited that directly. — BarrelProof (talk) 20:21, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
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Dory (fish) → Dory (species) – Althoguh it may be expected that the character is a type of one of these species, Paracanthurus isn't listed here so WP:DABCONCEPT may not apply. The character has 6,153 views compared with only 2,709[[1]] for the species. I think this title may WP:ASTONISH readers given they are probably more familiar with the character they would not find out though that the character is a type of these species. Dory (fish type) or Dory (common name) but Category:Set index articles on animal common names doesn't have any forms other than "fish". Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:10, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Dory (species) might imply that the term refers to a specific species. It's also not really a coherent type or category of fish. As the article describes, it does not – especially when considering the term's application to Pangasius and walleye. Perhaps Dory (common name)? — BarrelProof (talk) 20:19, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- Comment, what about Dory (fisheries term) to match Whitefish (fisheries term)?--Ortizesp (talk) 14:37, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
- Agree that makes sense especially given its not a single fish. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:00, 20 November 2024 (UTC)