Common name | Richardson's minnow |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | British Columbia |
Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | person (eponym) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'minnow', Middle English 'menawe'; akin to Old English 'myne', i.e., 'minnow', Old High German 'munewa', i.e., a kind of fish (Ref. 27888); 'Richardson', i.e., Sir John Richardson, surgeon-naturalist with the Franklin expeditions, who first described the species; 'Columbia River', i.e., SW Canada and NW USA. |