Common name of Centrophorus granulosus
 
Common name Aiguillat gros yeux
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country France
Locality
Ref. Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter, 1994
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core non-fish animal
1st modifier morphology
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Aiguillat' from Provençal 'agulhat', i.e., sea dog (p. 18 in Ref. 9404); 'gros yeux', i.e., big eyes; 'gros', i.e., big, from Latin 'grossus', which is beyond the usual measure (p. 357 in Ref. 9404 and p. 895 in Ref. 11853); 'yeux', plural of 'oeil', i.e., eye, from Latin 'oculum, -lus' (p. 506 in Ref. 9404).
 
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