Common name | Labre à queue de comète |
Language | French |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Mauritius |
Locality | |
Ref. | Cornic, A., 1987 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
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1st modifier | |
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Remarks | 'Labre' from Latin 'labrum', i.e., lips; used for fish with thick lips and double dentition; also called 'vieille' and 'tourd' (p. 1064 in Ref. 11853); 'de comète', i.e., of a comet, from Latin 'cometa' borrowed from Greek 'kometes', i.e., hairy star (p. 180 in Ref. 9404). |