Common name | Landlocked salmon |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | British Columbia |
Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1998 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | behavior |
1st modifier | habitat/ecology |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Landlocked', i.e., enclosed or nearly enclosed by land, confined to freshwater by some barrier (p. 672 in Ref. 11978); 'salmon' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979). |