Common name | Loche saumonée |
Language | French |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | French Polynesia |
Locality | |
Ref. | Bagnis, R., P. Mazellier, J. Bennett and E. Christian, 1984 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | color pattern(s) |
1st modifier | other fish |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | Out of distributional range; probably a misidentification; 'loche', from Gallic 'leuka', i.e., whiteness (p. 427 in Ref. 9404); 'saumonée' from 'saumon' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979). |