Common name of Salvelinus namaycush
 
Common name Grey trout
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Canada
Locality British Columbia
Ref. Whiteley, A.R., B.E. Penaluna, E.B. Taylor, S. Weiss, A. Abadia-Cardoso, D. Gomez-Uchida, I. Koizumi and P. Trotter, 2019
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core other/n.a.
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Grey' from West and North Germanic 'græwaz' from Indo-European 'ghreghwos' (p. 264 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). Also in Ref. 1998.
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