| Common name | Blaasop |
| Language | Afrikaans |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Namibia |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer, 1999 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | morphology |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'blaasop', i.e., blow up, refers to the morphology of the fish (Nico E. Willemse, Coll. No. 375, personal communication). |