Common Names Summary - Sphoeroides pachygaster
Common name of Sphoeroides pachygaster
 
Common name Blunthead blaasop
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Territory South Africa
Locality
Ref. Smith, M.M. and P.C. Heemstra, 1986
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st modifier morphology
2nd modifier
Remarks Also cited in Ref. 4422. 'blaasop', from Afrikaans, i.e., blow up, refers to the physical morphology of the fish (Nico E. Willemse, Coll. No. 375, personal communication)
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