Common name of Brotula multibarbata
 
Common name Reef cusk eel
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Micronesia
Locality
Ref. Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier other fish
2nd modifier habitat/ecology
Remarks 'eel' from Middle English, 'ele', from Old English 'ael' and akin to Old High German, 'ãl' (Ref. 11978); 'cusk', i.e., large edible marine fish related to the cod, also burbot, probably an alternate of tusk (a kind of codfish) (p. 317, Ref. 11919). Also Ref. 37816.
 
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