Common name of Halicampus mataafae
 
Common name Samoan pipefish
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Micronesia
Locality
Ref. Myers, R.F., 1991
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'fish' from Germanic 'fiskaz' from same source as Latin 'piscis' from Indo-European word 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979). Also Ref. 37816.
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