Common name of Arripis trutta
 
Common name Cocky salmon
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Australia
Locality
Ref. May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell, 1986
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Cocky', i.e., boldly self confident, jaunty; 'salmon' replaced Old English 'laex' (German 'lachs'; Swedish 'lax', source of English 'gravlax'; Yiddish 'laks', source of English 'lox', i.e., smoked salmon; Russian 'losos') borrowed from Anglo-Norman 'saumoun' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979).
 
Entered by Binohlan, Crispina B.
Modified by Sampang-Reyes, Arlene G.
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