Common name | Longspine bellowfish |
Language | English |
Type | FAO old |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 4 - (Less common name) |
Country | Global |
Locality | |
Ref. | Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer, 1999 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | other/n.a. |
1st modifier | morphology |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'bellow', i.e., to make the loud deep hollow sound characteristic of a bull from Middle English 'belwen', from Old English 'bylgian' akin to Old English & Old High German 'bellan', i.e., 'to roar' (Ref. 27888). Name not listed in ASFIS version 2006 (Ref. 56807). |