Common name | Whitefin wolf-herring |
Language | English |
Type | FAO |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 4 - (Less common name) |
Country | Global |
Locality | |
Ref. | FAO-FIES, 2015 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | color pattern(s) |
1st modifier | non-fish animal |
2nd modifier | color pattern(s) |
Remarks | 'herring', i.e., the grey fish', from Old English 'haering' from prehistoric West Germanic '*kheringgaz' whose first syllable representing ancestor of English 'hoar', i.e., silvery grey (p. 281, Ref. 11979); 'wolf' from pre-historic Germanic '*wulfaz' from Indo-European '*wlqwos' (p. 576, Ref. 11979). Also Ref. 171, 56807, 83882, 90062, 93840, 95632. |