Common name of Hemibrycon taeniurus
 
Common name Mountain stream sardine
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Trinidad and Tobago
Locality
Ref. Kenny, J.S., 1995
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier habitat/ecology
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Mountain' from Old French 'montaigne' from Vulgar Latin 'montanus', i.e., mountainous area, from Latin 'mons', i.e., mountain (p. 356 in Ref. 11979); 'sardine', Middle English 'sardeine', from Middle French 'sardine', from Latin 'sardina' (Ref. 27888).
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