Common name of Salvelinus fontinalis
 
Common name Sea trout
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Canada
Locality
Ref. Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core other/n.a.
1st modifier habitat/ecology
2nd modifier
Remarks Name used for the anadromous form (Ref. 1998); 'sea', from prehistoric Germanic 'saiwiz' with unknown origins, related to German 'see', Dutch 'zee', Swedish 'sjö', Danish 'sø' (p. 464 in Ref. 11979); 'trout' from Middle English from Old English 'truht' from Low Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., a fish with sharp teeth, from Greek 'troktes', i.e., gnawer, from 'trogein', i.e., to gnaw (p. 1266 in Ref. 11978).
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