Common name of Mylocheilus caurinus
 
Common name Peamouth
Language English
Type AFS
Official trade name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea and J.D. Williams, 2004
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Peamouth', i.e., mouth or mouth parts resembling a pea; 'pea', i.e., a leguminous vine with rounded smooth or wrinkled edible protein-rich seeds (p. 865 in Ref. 11978), from Old English 'pease' from Latin 'pisa' from Greek 'píson' (p. 387 in Ref. 11979); 'mouth', i.e., the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal (p. 776 in Ref. 11978), from Indo-European root 'munthaz' (p. 356 in Ref. 11979). Also Ref. 276.
 
Entered by Froese, Rainer
Modified by Sampang-Reyes, Arlene G.
Checked by Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.
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