| Common name | Black butterfish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | South Africa |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Heemstra, P.C., 1995 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
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| Remarks | 'butterfish', i.e., 'butter', from Greek 'bouturon', 'bous', i.e., cow and 'turos', i.e., cheese and 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in 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). |