| Common name | Alose matte |
| Language | French |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | France |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1990 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Alose' from Latin 'alausa' (p. 25 in Ref. 9404); 'matte', i.e., mixture of sulfur, iron and copper from the first fusion of a sulfuric mineral, of unknown origin (p. 1168 in Ref. 11853); in fish name, probably refering to the metal's color. |