Common name | White suckerfish |
Language | English |
Type | AFS |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 1 - (Legal common name (unique)) |
Country | United States (contiguous states) |
Locality | St. Paul's Rock, Brazil (Ref. 13121) |
Ref. | Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-PĂ©rez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea and J.D. Williams, 2004 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | behavior |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'sucker', from 'suck' from Indo-European base '*seug, *seuk-', i.e., an imitation of the sound of sucking from the mother's breast (p. 509, Ref. 11979); 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979); '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). Also Ref. 276. |