Common name | Chevron scutepout |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | |
Ref. | McAllister, D.E., V. Legendre and J.G. Hunter, 1987 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | morphology |
1st modifier | inanimate object |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'scutepout', in allusion to the paired scutes alongside the bases of the dorsal and the anal fins, and to the series of rayless scutes, on dorsum anterior to the dorsal fin, arranged as the upper ends of rafters or 'chevrons' of a gable roof (Ref. 27545). |