Common name | Truite mouchetée |
Language | French |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | |
Ref. | Leim, A.H. and W.B. Scott, 1966 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | other/n.a. |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Truite' from Old French 'troite' from Low Latin 'tructa' from Greek 'troktes', i.e., voracious (p. 771 in Ref. 9404); 'mouchetée', i.e., literally with flies refering to the small dark spots on the trout's body, from 'mouche' from Latin 'musca', i.e., fly (p. 478 in Ref. 9404). Also Ref. 1998. |