Common name of Haemulon maculicauda
 
Common name Gorette à queue tachetée
Language French
Type FAO old
Official trade name No
Rank 4 - (Less common name)
Country France
Locality
Ref. McKay, R.J. and M. Schneider, 1995
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
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Remarks 'Gorette' from Old French 'gore', i.e., sow (an adult female swine), with an onomatopoeic origin after 'a cry for help' (p. 347 in Ref. 9404); 'à queue tachetée', i.e., spotted tail; 'tacheté', i.e., spotted, from Old Francique 'teche, têkan' (i.e., mark) of the same origin as in Gothic 'taikns' (German 'Zeichen', i.e., sign) (p. 729 in Ref. 9404). Name not listed in ASFIS version 2006 (Ref. 56807).
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