Common Names Summary - Forcipiger longirostris
Common name of Forcipiger longirostris
 
Common name Black long-nosed butterflyfish
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Territory US America (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Myers, R.F., 1991
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core non-fish animal
1st modifier morphology
2nd modifier color pattern(s)
Remarks 'black', from Old English 'blæc', of obscure origins but probably related to Latin 'flagrare' and Greek 'phlégein', i.e., burn, from Indo-European 'phleg-, bhleg-' (p. 65 in Ref. 11979); 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979).
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