Common name of Coregonus megalops
 
Common name Lacustrine fluvial whitefish
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Russian Federation
Locality
Ref. Berg, L.S., 1962
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core color pattern(s)
1st modifier habitat/ecology
2nd modifier habitat/ecology
Remarks 'whitefish', i.e., any of the various market fishes with white flesh that is not oily (p. 1345 in Ref. 11978); 'white', from Indo-European '*kwitnos' or '*kwidnos', formed from same base as Sanskrit 'sveta', i.e., white and Russian 'svet', i.e., light (p. 573, Ref. 11979); 'lacustrine', from French 'lacustre' from Latin 'lacus', i.e. lake (p. 669, Ref. 11978); 'fluvial', from Latin 'fluvialis', 'fluvius', 'fluere', i.e., river (p. 477, Ref. 11978).
 
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