| Common name | Brook trout |
| Language | English |
| Type | FAO |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 4 - (Less common name) |
| Country | Global |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | FAO-FIES, 2015 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | other/n.a. |
| 1st modifier | habitat/ecology |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Brook' of Germanic origin related to German 'bruch', i.e., swamp (p. 81 in Ref. 11979); '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). Also Ref. 3691, 56807, 83882, 87040, 90062, 93840, 95632. |