Common name | Anak dalag |
Language | Tagalog |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Philippines |
Locality | |
Ref. | Herre, A.W.C.T. and A.F. Umali, 1948 |
Life stage | larvae |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | mod. for affinity |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'anak', i.e., child, son, daughter; 'dalag', i.e., a fish which lives in mud; thus 'the child of a fish which lives in mud'. |