| Common name | Derwent whitebait |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Australia |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Allen, G.R., 1989 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | other/n.a. |
| 1st modifier | person (eponym) |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'whitebait', from 'white', from Indo-European '*kwitnos' or '*kwidnos', formed from same base as Sanskrit 'sveta', i.e., white and Russian 'svet', i.e., light (p. 573, Ref. 11979); and 'bait', i.e., cause to bite, from Old Norse 'beita', i.e., 'fish bait' (p. 47, Ref. 19979). |