Common name of Tor putitora
 
Common name Himalayan salmon
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Nepal
Locality
Ref. Shrestha, T.K., 1990
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Himalayan' refers to the Himalayan mountain ranges in Asia; 'salmon' replaced Old English 'laex' (German 'lachs'; Swedish 'lax', source of English 'gravlax'; Yiddish 'laks', source of English 'lox', i.e., smoked salmon; Russian 'losos') borrowed from Anglo-Norman 'saumoun' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979).
 
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