| Common name | African threadfish |
| Language | English |
| Type | FAO old |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 4 - (Less common name) |
| Territory | UK Great Britain & N. Ireland |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter, 1994 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | inanimate object |
| 1st modifier | locality/area |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979). Name not listed in ASFIS version 2006 (Ref. 56807). |