Common Names Summary - Mobula tarapacana
Common name of Mobula tarapacana
 
Common name Diable géant de Guinée
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Territory France
Locality
Ref. Negedly, R. (comp.), 1990
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females
Core person (generic)
1st modifier mod. for size
2nd modifier locality/area
Remarks 'géant', i.e., giant, from Latin 'gigas' borrowed from Greek 'Gigas', i.e., a mythological character of large size (p. 337 in Ref. 9404); 'Guinée', i.e., Guinea.
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