Remarks |
'Northern', i.e., of the north and alludes to the North American continent; 'red bellied', i.e., ventral side of the body of the red color; 'red', from Germanic 'rauthaz' from Latin 'ruber, rubeus, russus, rufus' from Greek 'eruthrós' from Indo-European 'reudh-' (p. 435 in Ref. 11979); 'bellied', from 'belly' from Old English 'belig', i.e., bag, from Germanic 'balgiz', i.e., bag, from Indo-European 'bhel', i.e., swell (p. 59 in Ref. 11979); 'dace', i.e., term used for any small No. American freshwater cyprinid fish, from Middle English 'dace, darce', from Middle French 'dars' from Middle Latin 'darsus' (p. 322 in Ref. 11978). |