Common name | Labre à deux taches |
Language | French |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Mauritius |
Locality | |
Ref. | Cornic, A., 1987 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
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Remarks | 'Labre' from Latin 'labrum', i.e., lips; used for fish with thick lips and double dentition; also called 'vieille' and 'tourd' (p. 1064 in Ref. 11853); 'à deux taches', i.e., two spotted; 'taches' from Old Francique 'teche, têkan' (i.e., mark) of the same origin as in Gothic 'taikns' (German 'Zeichen', i.e., sign) (p. 729 in Ref. 9404). |