| Remarks |
'Northern', i.e., of the north and alludes to the North American continent; 'red bellied', i.e., ventral side of the body of the red color; 'red', from Germanic 'rauthaz' from Latin 'ruber, rubeus, russus, rufus' from Greek 'eruthrós' from Indo-European 'reudh-' (p. 435 in Ref. 11979); 'bellied', from 'belly' from Old English 'belig', i.e., bag, from Germanic 'balgiz', i.e., bag, from Indo-European 'bhel', i.e., swell (p. 59 in Ref. 11979); 'dace', i.e., term used for any small No. American freshwater cyprinid fish, from Middle English 'dace, darce', from Middle French 'dars' from Middle Latin 'darsus' (p. 322 in Ref. 11978). Also Ref. 276, 52299. |