| Common name | Whitespotted rockcod |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | South Africa |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1986 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | morphology |
| 1st modifier | habitat/ecology |
| 2nd modifier | color pattern(s) |
| Remarks | 'cod', from Old English 'cod', i.e., pouch or with a baglike appearance (p. 122, Ref. 11979); |