[Cougra]

Originally Posted by Dentoid

One thing that I do is ask the employees if they have a certain fish or invertebrate in the store. If they have to look it up in a book or say "I don't know what that is...", then I know they are new or inexperienced.

What "certain" fish do you ask about? If I went into the LFS and asked them for a Amphiprion perideraion I wouldn't be the least surprised if they didn't know what it was despite the fact that they are fairly common (at least in my LFS)! I think this is a very grey area as some fish have many different common names such as a the Pholidichthys leucotaenia which is known as an Engineer Goby, Eel Goby, Engineer Blenny, or Convict Blenny dispite the fact that it is neither a Goby nor a Blenny. I too would rather someone look it up if they are uncertain.