Common name | Camurupim-pema |
Language | Portuguese |
Dialect | Tupi |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Brazil |
Locality | Pernanmbuco and Piauí |
Ref. | Lima, H.H. and A.M. Oliveira, 1978 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | morphology |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | Camurupim = probably a variation of 'camurupy' = name associated with clupeids (Tibiriçá, 1984), although this species belongs to the Fam. Megalopidae + pema = angular |