Common name | Merluzza |
Language | Spanish |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Mauritania |
Locality | |
Ref. | Maigret, J. and B. Ly, 1986 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | other/n.a. |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'merluzza' from Latin 'merulus' and 'merula', i.e., a blackbird or a sea-carp (Ref. 27838), also from Provençal 'merlus' which is a cross of Old French 'merle' and 'lus' (from Latin 'lucius', i.e., pike) (p. 459 in Ref, 9404). |