| Nombre común | Silvery rockling |
| Lengua | English |
| Tipo | Vernacular |
| Nombre comercial oficial | No |
| Fila | 3 - (Other common name) |
| País | United States (contiguous states) |
| Localidad | |
| Referencia | Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991 |
| Estadio de desarrollo | juveniles and adults |
| Sexo | females and males |
| Base | primary lexeme |
| Primer modificador | mod. for size |
| Segundo modificador | color pattern(s) |
| Observaciones | 'rock', from Old French 'roque', i.e., stone (p. 447, Ref. 11979); '-ling', i.e., one connected with or having the quality of, also young, small, inferior (p. 695, Ref. 11978). |