| Common name | Largescale tapirfish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Canada |
| Locality | Arctic Canada |
| Ref. | Coad, B.W. and J.D. Reist, 2018 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st modifier | morphology |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'tapir' as used in zoology is of Tupi (Brazil) origin from the word 'tapihire' (p.733, Ref. 9404) referring to large inoffensive chiefly nortunal ungulates (Tapiridae) of tropical America, Malaya and Sumatra related to horses and rhinoceroses (p.1206, Ref. 11978). Also in Ref. 27545. |