| Common name | Black batfish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Australia |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 1984 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | non-fish animal |
| 1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'bat', i.e., 'flapper', from Middle English 'backe' borrowed from Old Swedish 'natbakka', i.e., night bat, from Old Norse 'lethrblaka, i.e., leather-flapper (p. 54, Ref. 11979); 'black', from Old English 'blæc', of obscure origins but probably related to Latin 'flagrare' and Greek 'phlégein', i.e., burn, from Indo-European 'phleg-, bhleg-' (p. 65 in Ref. 11979); 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979). |