Glowlight danio ""Danio putaoensis"". This variant is larger and has more vertical bars and longer barbels. S. L. Hora originally named this fish "Danio choprae" after Dr. B. N. Chopra. However, names ending in '-ae' are feminine and reserved for Latin names honouring women. Latin names honouring men usually end with '-i', and consequently the name of this fish has been recently amended. Glowlight danio The glowlight danio ("Danio choprai") is a small, schooling fish closely related to the popular zebrafish "Danio rerio". This should not be confused with the GloFish , a trademarked brand of fluorescent zebrafish that appear to glow
Bucca (mythological creature) in Cornish tin mines, granting wishes in exchange for food (see knockers). Bucca (mythological creature) Bucca is a male sea-spirit in Cornish folklore - a merman- that inhabited mines and coastal communities as a hobgoblin during storms. The mythological creature is a type of water spirit likely related to the Púca from Irish and Welsh folklore and the female mari-morgans - a type of mermaid from Welsh and Breton mythology. Rev W. S. Lach-Szyrma, one 19th-century writer on Cornish antiquities, suggested the Bucca had originally been an ancient pagan deity of the sea such as Irish Nechtan or British Nodens,