| Common name | Grayfish |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Canada |
| Locality | British Columbia |
| Ref. | Clemens, W.A. and G.V. Wilby, 1961 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
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| Remarks | Under the name S. suckleyi; 'Gray', i.e., from West and North Germanic 'græwaz' from prehistoric Indo-European 'ghreghwos' (p. 264 in Ref. 11979); 'fish', from Germanic 'fiskaz' from the same source as Latin 'piscis', from Indo-European 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979). Applied to Squalus acanthias. |