Common name of Pseudocyttus maculatus
 
Common name Smooth oreo dory
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Australia
Locality southern coasts and Tasmania
Ref. Kailola, P.J., M.J. Williams, P.C. Stewart, R.E. Reichelt, A. McNee and C. Grieve, 1993
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier
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Remarks "Dory (also dorye), is a medieval word that describes something bright yellow or something glazed with 'almond milk', 'endored'. The English word comes from the French doré, which in turns comes from the Latin deaurare, to gild or golden".
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