Common name | Bluethroat pikeblenny |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Bahamas |
Locality | |
Ref. | Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | other fish |
2nd modifier | color pattern(s) |
Remarks | 'blenny' from Latin 'blennius', i.e., a sea fish (Ref. 11978), from Greek 'blennos', i.e., slime, a fish allied to 'kôbios'; 'pike' from Old English 'pic', i.e., pointed object, in allusion to its long pointed jaws (p. 394 in Ref. 11979). |