Common name of Allomycterus pilatus
 
Common name Deepwater burrfish
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Australia
Locality
Ref. May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell, 1986
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st modifier habitat/ecology
2nd modifier
Remarks 'burr', i.e., a rough or prickly envelope of a fruit, from Middle English 'burre' akin to Old English 'byrst', i.e., bristle (p. 189, Ref. 11978); 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979).
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