Common name | Carangue tachetée |
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); 'tacheté', i.e., spotted, from Old Francique 'teche, têkan' (i.e., mark) of the same origin as in Gothic 'taikns' (German 'Zeichen', i.e., sign) (p. 729 in Ref. 9404). |