Common name of Salvelinus fontinalis
 
Common name Salmerino di fontaine
Language Italian
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Switzerland
Locality
Ref. Blanc, M., J.-L. Gaudet, P. Banarescu and J.-C. Hureau, 1971
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st modifier habitat/ecology
2nd modifier
Remarks 'salmerino' from 'salmon' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979); 'di fontaine', i.e., spring, from Vulgar Latin 'fontana' from 'fons, fontis', i.e., source (p. 314 in Ref. 9404).
 
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