Common name of Carcharhinus sorrah
 
Common name Requin à queue tachetée
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country France
Locality
Ref. Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter, 1994
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks Formerly a FAO name. '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).
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