Common name of Cottus ricei
 
Common name Chabot à tête plate
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Canada
Locality Quebec
Ref. McAllister, D.E., V. Legendre and J.G. Hunter, 1987
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st modifier morphology
2nd modifier
Remarks 'chabot' from Southern European or Norman dialects 'cabot, cap', i.e., head, used for animals with big heads (p. 119 in Ref. 9404); 'à tête plate', i.e., flat head; 'tête', from Latin 'testa', i.e., terra cota vase, skull, head (p. 743 in Ref. 9404); 'plate', i.e., flat, from Latin 'plattus', Greek 'platus', i.e., outstretched (p. 574 in Ref. 9404).
 
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