| Common name | Black cardinalfish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Kailola, P.J., 1987 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | person (generic) |
| 1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'cardinal', from Latin 'cardo', i.e., 'hinge' on which all else depends (p. 97, Ref. 11979); 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979); 'black', from Old English 'blæc', of obscure origins but probably related to Latin 'flagrare' and Greek 'phlégein', i.e., burn, from Indo-European 'phleg-, bhleg-' (p. 65 in Ref. 11979). |