| Common name | Cutthroat trout |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Alaska |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Morrow, J.E., 1980 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | |
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| Remarks | 'Cutthroat', i.e., one likely to cut throats, ruthless in competition, unprincipled (p. 319 in Ref. 11978); 'trout' from Middle English from Old English 'truht' from Low Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., a fish with sharp teeth, from Greek 'troktes', i.e., gnawer, from 'trogein', i.e., to gnaw (p. 1266 in Ref. 11978). |