Common name | Loche pintade |
Language | French |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | New Caledonia |
Locality | |
Ref. | Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
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Remarks | 'Loche' from Gallic 'leuka', i.e., whiteness (p. 427 in Ref. 9404); 'pintade', i.e., spotted like the pheasant with dark feathers covered with light colored (white) spots (p. 1439 in Ref. 11853), from Portuguese 'pintada, pintar', i.e., spotted/painted (p. 568 in Ref. 9404). Formerly applied to Epinephelus chlorostigma. |