Common name of Amphiprion clarkii
 
Common name Black clown
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core person (generic)
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks 'clown', i.e., unsophisticated or boorish country fellow, maybe from Latin 'colonus', i.e., colonist, farmer or of Germanic origin from North Frisian and Icelandic 'klonne, klunni', i.e., clumsy person (p. 119, 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).
 
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