Common name |
Black mudfish |
Language |
English |
Type |
AFS |
Official trade name |
No |
Rank |
1 - (Legal common name (unique)) |
Country |
United States (contiguous states) |
Locality |
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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 |
habitat/ecology |
1st modifier |
color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier |
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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); 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979). |