Common name of Katsuwonus pelamis
 
Common name Bonite à ventre rayé
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Senegal
Locality
Ref. Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen, 1983
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Bonite' from Low Latin, word from the South East probably borrowed from Spanish 'bonito' (p. 97 in Ref. 9404); 'rayƩ', i.e., with lines , from Gallic 'rica' and Low Latin 'riga', i.e., lines, rays (p. 628 in Ref 9404).
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