Common name of Caranx melampygus
 
Common name Carangue bleue
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
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Carangue' from Spanish 'caranga' borrowed from an indigenous American language (p. 135 in Ref. 9404); 'bleue' from Francique 'blao' (p. 92 in Ref. 9404).
 
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