Common name of Elagatis bipinnulata
 
Common name Carangue saumon
Language Creole, French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Mauritius
Locality
Ref. Opic, P., F. Conand and P. Bourret, 1994
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st modifier other fish
2nd modifier
Remarks 'saumon' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979); 'carangue', i.e., any of the family Carangidae.
 
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