Common name of Agonus cataphractus
 
Common name Souris de mer
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country France
Locality
Ref. Ehrenbaum, E., 1936
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Souris de mer', i.e., sea rat, 'souris' from Latin slang 'soricen, sorix' from Classical Latin 'sorex, -icis', i.e., rodent, gnawing, term used by butchers (p. 705 in Ref. 9404); 'de mer', i.e., of the sea, from Latin 'mare' (p. 458 in Ref. 9404).
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