Common name of Carcharhinus melanopterus
 
Common name Black finned shark
Language English
Type Market
Official trade name No
Rank 4 - (Less common name)
Country Myanmar
Locality
Ref. Hla Win, U., 1987
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks '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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