Common name of Pagrus caeruleostictus
 
Common name ama
Language Serbian
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Serbia
Locality Muo, Lastva, Southeastern Boka Bay, Grbalj, Budva, Paštroviæi
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Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks Serbian (and Croatian) Wrong identified in Vinja 1986, I 418 (Dentex gibbossus) and connected to hama which is also wrong identified as Dentex gibbossus (o.c.). Also wrong identified by Lipovac-Radulovic 1997, Lipovac- Radulovic 1998 (Rhombus maximus). The word is NOT connecetd to Serbian hama, Albanian ama / amë (Argyrosomus regius). The informants confirmed that the name refers to Pagrus caeruleostictus.
 
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