Common name of Hemiramphus far
 
Common name Black barred garfish
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Australia
Locality
Ref. Collette, B.B., 1974
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks 'garfish', from Middle English 'garfysshe' (p. 506, Ref. 11978); 'black', from Old English 'blæc', of obscure origins but probably related to Latin 'flagrare' and Greek 'phlégein', i.e., burn, from Indo-European 'phleg-, bhleg-' (p. 65 in Ref. 11979).
 
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