Common name of Macrourus berglax
 
Common name Roughhead grenadier
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Canada
Locality
Ref. Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core other/n.a.
1st modifier morphology
2nd modifier
Remarks 'grenadier', i.e., a spiny tree with red flowers producing the grenade fruit (thick skinned, several celled reddish berry) from Middle French 'pomegrenate' from Latin 'granata', 'granatus', i.e., seedy, from 'granum', i.e., grain (Ref. 27888). Also cited in Ref. 27545.
 
Entered by Luna, Susan M.
Modified by Sampang-Reyes, Arlene G.
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