| Common name | Wolf-herring |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Anonymous, 1972 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | color pattern(s) |
| 1st modifier | non-fish animal |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'herring', i.e., the grey fish', from Old English 'haering' from prehistoric West Germanic '*kheringgaz' whose first syllable representing ancestor of English 'hoar', i.e., silvery grey (p. 281, Ref. 11979); 'wolf' from pre-historic Germanic '*wulfaz' from Indo-European '*wlqwos' (p. 576, Ref. 11979). |