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I have seen some fish in the LFS that are labeled as Ocellated. What does this mean?

Literally, this means that the fish has an eye-spot. For example, the scientific name of the Oscar is Astronotus ocellatus, the species name which refers to the eye spot that they have.

Last edited by Shinigami at 09-Jun-2005 23:35

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They may be Lamprologus ocellatus

The fish that i have seen labelled as such were, kribs, a bichir, and i think some type of rasbora.

Fish Guy
I found this doing a Google. We all learn every day

6 definitions found

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :

Ocellated \O*cel"la*ted\, a. [L. ocellatus, fr. ocellus a little
eye, dim. of oculus an eye.]
1. Resembling an eye.

2. Marked with eyelike spots of color; as, the ocellated
blenny.

Ocellated turkey (Zo["o]l.), the wild turkey of Central
America ({Meleagris ocellata).


From WordNet (r) 2.0 :

ocellated
adj : having ocelli


From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :

Ocellated \O*cel"la*ted\, a. [L. ocellatus, fr. ocellus a little
eye, dim. of oculus an eye.]
1. Resembling an eye.

2. Marked with eyelike spots of color; as, the ocellated
blenny.

Ocellated turkey (Zo["o]l.), the wild turkey of Central
America ({Meleagris ocellata).


From WordNet (r) 2.0 :

ocellated
adj : having ocelli


From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :

Ocellated \O*cel"la*ted\, a. [L. ocellatus, fr. ocellus a little
eye, dim. of oculus an eye.]
1. Resembling an eye.

2. Marked with eyelike spots of color; as, the ocellated
blenny.

Ocellated turkey (Zo["o]l.), the wild turkey of Central
America ({Meleagris ocellata).


From WordNet (r) 2.0 :

ocellated
adj : having ocelli

Keith

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