Common name of Siganus punctatus
 
Common name Picot à taches oranges
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country New Caledonia
Locality Goro Zone
Ref. Leblic, I. and M.-H. Teulières, 1987
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'à taches oranges', i.e., orange spotted; 'taches' from Old Francique 'teche, têkan' (i.e., mark) of the same origin as in Gothic 'taikns' (German 'Zeichen', i.e., sign) (p. 729 in Ref. 9404); 'orange', i.e., the color orange, from 'pume orenge' of Old Italian 'melarancia' from Arabic 'narandj' of Persian origin (p. 513 in Ref. 9404).
 
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