Common name | Bridled burrfish |
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 | morphology |
1st modifier | other/n.a. |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'burr', i.e., a rough or prickly envelope of a fruit, from Middle English 'burre' akin to Old English 'byrst', i.e., bristle (p. 189, Ref. 11978); 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979); 'bridled', from Old English 'bridel' from Germanic 'bregd-', i.e., braid (p. 79, Ref. 11979). |