| Common name | Mulet à grandes écailles |
| Language | French |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | New Caledonia |
| Locality | Islands of Pins |
| Ref. | Leblic, I. and M.-H. Teulières, 1987 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
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| Remarks | 'à grandes écailles', i.e., with big scales; 'grande' from Latin 'grandis' (p. 351 in Ref. 9404); 'écaille', from Francique 'skal(j)a', i.e., tile (p. 250 in Ref. 9404). |