Common name of Megalobrama terminalis
 
Common name Black Amur bream
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Russian Federation
Locality
Ref. Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier locality/area
2nd modifier color pattern(s)
Remarks 'bream', from Middle English 'breme', from Middle French of Germanic origin akin to Old High German 'brahsima', i.e., bream (p. 177, Ref. 11978); 'black', from Old English 'blæc', of obscure origins but probably related to Latin 'flagrare' and Greek 'phlégein', i.e., burn, from Indo-European 'phleg-, bhleg-' (p. 65 in Ref. 11979); 'Amur', i.e., Amur River between China and Russia.
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