| Common name | Lutjan rouge à deux taches |
| Language | French |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Maldives |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Nouguier, J. and D. Refait, 1990 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Lutjan rouge', i.e., red lutjanid; 'à deux taches', i.e., two spotted; 'Lutjan' from the scientific name 'Lutjanus'; 'rouge', i.e., red, from Latin 'rubeus' (p. 658 in Ref. 9404); 'deux', i.e., two, from Latin 'duos, duo' (p. 232 in Ref. 9404); 'taches' 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). |