Common name of Anampses meleagrides
 
Common name Labre à queue jaune
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Mauritius
Locality
Ref. Cornic, A., 1987
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Labre' from Latin 'labrum', i.e., lips; used for fish with thick lips and double dentition; also called 'vieille' and 'tourd' (p. 1064 in Ref. 11853); 'à queue jaune', i.e., yellow tailed; 'jaune' from Latin 'galbinus', i.e., yellow fever (p. 401 in Ref. 9404).
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