Common name of Myrichthys maculosus
 
Common name Ocellated snake-eel
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Christmas Island (AU)
Locality
Ref. Allen, G.R. and R.C. Steene, 1988
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier non-fish animal
2nd modifier color pattern(s)
Remarks 'eel' from Middle English, 'ele', from Old English 'ael' and akin to Old High German, 'ãl' (Ref. 11978); 'snake' like 'serpent' and 'snail' is etymologically the 'crawling' animal, from a prehistoric German base denoting 'crawl' (p. 485 in Ref. 11979).
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