Ive often wondered how to pronounce a few fish or fish related things but was always afraid of looking dumb. But im gonna swallow my pride and ask and hope that maybe others will chime in too
It's pronounced Um-boo-na, i didn't know either but i learned it a while back from a book i read. There's nothing embarrassing about it, it's hard to know every pronunciation when the only fish keepers you know are on the Internet.
i called it a *****-er but the lfs dint know what i was saying. then he told me it was a bick-er. then i heard 2 other stores say bye-chore. i think its bye-chore.
Oh, this reminds me. My brother bought a dragon goby from walmart because he thought it would look awesome with my oscar. I didn't want to keep it because they're brackish, so I took it to the LFS after walmart wouldn't take it back because it was still alive. The lady thought it was a bichir. She was calling it a "biker" and I had no idea what she was saying (I pronounce it "bisheer"). I explained what it was but still, I had no idea what a "biker" was until today.
Hikari is pronounced "hee car ee" with a slight "d" sound to the r. In Japanese i= ee a=ah.
Actually it is pronounced Buna (bu-na) as described in The Guide To Owning Malawi Cichlids by David E. Boruchowitz. The M would be silent but most english speakers do pronounce it (um-boo-na). So either way you pronounce it people are probably going to know what you are talking about. Mbuna in african language actually means "rockfish". As for Bichir I read once that the orignal way to pronounce it came from france and it is bee-sheer. for the fish food I use that brand but have no clue how to say it I just grab it off the shelf and buy it lol.
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