| Nome comum | Blueback |
| Língua | English |
| Tipo | Vernacular |
| Nome comercial oficial | No |
| Posição | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| País | Canada |
| Localização | British Columbia |
| Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
| Fase do ciclo vida | adults |
| Sexo | females and males |
| Núcleo | color pattern(s) |
| 1º modificador | |
| 2º modificador | |
| Notas | Name used for individuals in the late first ocean year stage, usually weighing 1,800 to 3,600 g. 'Blue' borrowed from Old French 'bleu' from Common Romance 'blavus' from prehistoric Germanic 'blaewaz', Indo-European root 'bhlewos' and related to Old Norse 'blá', i.e., livid (p. 68 in Ref. 11979); 'back' related to Old High German 'bah' and Old Norse 'bak' of prehistoric West and North Germanic 'bakam' (p. 47 in Ref. 11979). |