| Common name | Mud trout |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Canada |
| Locality | Newfoundaland (Ref. 28776). |
| Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | other/n.a. |
| 1st modifier | habitat/ecology |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Mud', borrowed from Middle Low German 'mudde' (which replaced Old English 'fen', i.e., swamp) from prehistoric base 'meu-, mu-', i.e., dirt or wet, source of Greek 'múdos', i.e., damp and Polish 'mut', i.e., slime (p. 357 in Ref. 11979); 'trout' from Middle English from Old English 'truht' from Low Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., a fish with sharp teeth, from Greek 'troktes', i.e., gnawer, from 'trogein', i.e., to gnaw (p. 1266 in Ref. 11978). |