Common name of Potamalosa richmondia
 
Common name Freshwater herring
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Australia
Locality
Ref. Allen, G.R., 1989
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'herring', from Old English 'haering', i.e., the gray fish, from prehistoric West Germanic 'kheringgaz', i.e., 'kher' = English 'hoar', i.e., silvery gray color of herring (p. 281 in Ref. 11979).
 
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